English Explanatory Dictionary

thaler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
  2. The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɑːləɹ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thaler.wav

Word forms

thaler thalers taler

Etymology

Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dollar and tolar.

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