piastre

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /piˈæstə/|/piˈɑːstə/    美 /piˈæstɚ/|/piˈɑstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina. historical
    — The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...].
  2. A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
  3. A dollar. Louisiana

词形变化

piastres plural piaster alternative pyaster alternative

词汇关系

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词源

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.
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