denier
See also: dénier
English
Etymology 1
From Old French denier, from Latin denarius. Doublet of dinar.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dənyā'
- enPR: dənî(r)', IPA(key): /dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (coin)
- enPR: dĕn'yə(r), IPA(key): /ˈdɛnjə(ɹ)/ (unit of fineness of yarn)
Audio (US) (yarn) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
denier (plural deniers)
- (now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:
- A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 117:
- A unit of linear density which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.
- 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:
- Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
- 2002, Jill Mansell, Staying at Daisy's:
Translations
coin
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unit of fineness of yarn
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See also
- tex
Etymology 2
deny + -er.
Pronunciation
- enPR: dĭnī'ə(r), IPA(key): /dɪˈnaɪə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
denier (plural deniers)
- One who denies or forbids something.
- 2003, ABA Journal (volume 89)
- Also, visitation deniers don't always get off with a slap on the wrist.
- 2003, ABA Journal (volume 89)
- One who denies the existence of something.
- Holocaust denier
- global warming denier
- AIDS denier
Derived terms
- climate denier
Related terms
- denialism
- denialist
Translations
person who denies the existence of something
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Anagrams
- Edirne, Nereid, diener, nereid, reined
Finnish
Etymology
From French denier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdenier/, [ˈde̞nie̞r]
- Rhymes: -enier
- Syllabification(key): de‧ni‧er
Noun
denier
- denier (unit of measure)
- denier (old coin)
Declension
Inflection of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | denier | denierit | |
genitive | denierin | denierien deniereiden deniereitten | |
partitive | denieriä | deniereitä denierejä | |
illative | denieriin | deniereihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | denier | denierit | |
accusative | nom. | denier | denierit |
gen. | denierin | ||
genitive | denierin | denierien deniereiden deniereitten | |
partitive | denieriä | deniereitä denierejä | |
inessive | denierissä | deniereissä | |
elative | denieristä | deniereistä | |
illative | denieriin | deniereihin | |
adessive | denierillä | deniereillä | |
ablative | denieriltä | deniereiltä | |
allative | denierille | deniereille | |
essive | denierinä | deniereinä | |
translative | denieriksi | deniereiksi | |
instructive | — | denierein | |
abessive | denierittä | deniereittä | |
comitative | — | deniereineen |
Possessive forms of denier (type paperi) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | denierini | denierimme |
2nd person | denierisi | denierinne |
3rd person | denierinsä |
Anagrams
- dreeni, reiden
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.nje/
Audio (file)
Noun
denier m (plural deniers)
- denier (coin)
- (by extension) money
- denier (unit of weight)
Derived terms
- deniers publics
Further reading
- “denier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- de rien
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French denier, Latin dēnārius.
Noun
denier m (plural deniers)
- denier (coin)
Descendants
- French: denier
Old French
Etymology
From Latin dēnārius.
Noun
denier m (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)
- denier (coin)
Descendants
- Middle French: denier
- French: denier
- → English: denier
Romanian
Etymology
From French denier.
Noun
denier m (plural denieri)
- denier (weight)
Declension
Declension of denier
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) denier | denierul | (niște) denieri | denierii |
genitive/dative | (unui) denier | denierului | (unor) denieri | denierilor |
vocative | denierule | denierilor |
Swedish
Noun
denier c
- denier
Declension
Declension of denier | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | denier | denieren | denier | denierer |
Genitive | deniers | denierens | deniers | denierers |
Anagrams
- diener