coin
/ˈkoɪ̯n/ verbe C2En français : frapper une monnaie, inventer, forger
- To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal. · to coin silver dollars· to coin a medal
- To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase). · Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
- To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
He/she/it coins · Prétérit coined · Participe passé coined · Forme en -ing coining
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- coin
- He/she/it
- coins
- Prétérit
- coined
- Participe passé
- coined
- Forme en -ing
- coining
Dans la bibliothèque
Is it forgery, coining, burglary—where does the money come from?”
In the first, blazed piles of golden coin; in the second, were ranged bars of unpolished gold, which possessed nothing attractive save their value; in the third, Edmond grasped handfuls of diamonds, pearls, and rubies, which, as they fell on one another, sounded like hail against glass.
“Sir,” replied the young man, “honest men are not to be paid with such coin.
Andrea, who had often stayed there in his rides about Paris, recollected the Bell and Bottle inn; he turned around, saw the sign by the light of a reflected lamp, and having dismissed the child, giving him all the small coin he had about him, he began knocking at the door, very reasonably concluding that having now three or four hours before him he had best fortify himself against the fatigues of the morrow by a sound sleep and a good supper.
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