rix-dollar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16ᵗʰ to the mid-19ᵗʰ centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks.
A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɪksˌdɒlə/

Word forms

rix-dollar rix-dollars reekes doller reichs doller rexdolar rexdoler rexdollar rexdoller ricksdoller rycksdollar rix dollar rix doller rixdollar rixdoller rixe dollar rich dollar

Etymology

Borrowed from obsolete Dutch rijcksdaler (modern rijksdaalder), after early modern German Reichsthaler.

Translations

Caribbean Hindustani: dála Danish: rigsdaler Dutch: rĳksdaalder Faroese: ríkisdáli West-Frisian: ryksdaelder German: Reichstaler Indonesian: ringgit Caribbean Javanese: sringgit Caribbean Javanese: ringgitan Sranan Tongo: dala Sranan Tongo: knaka Swedish: riksdaler

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