denier

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Old French denier, from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, dinar, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: dənyā'
  • enPR: dənî(r)', IPA(key): /dəˈnɪə(ɹ)/ (coin)
  • enPR: dĕn'yə(r), IPA(key): /ˈdɛnɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈdɛnɪeɪ/ (unit of fineness of yarn)
  • Audio (US, yarn):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

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denier (plural deniers)

  1. (historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 117:
      A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
  2. 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.
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Etymology 2

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From deny +‎ -er.

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Noun

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denier (plural deniers)

  1. 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.
  2. One who denies the existence of something.
    Holocaust denier
    global warming denier
    AIDS denier
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Finnish

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Etymology

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From French denier.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdenier/, [ˈde̞nie̞r]
  • Rhymes: -enier
  • Syllabification(key): de‧ni‧er

Noun

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denier

  1. denier (unit of measure)
  2. denier (old coin)

Declension

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Inflection of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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
abessive denierittä deniereittä
instructive denierein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of denier (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French, from Old French denier, inherited from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of dénaire.

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denier m (plural deniers)

  1. denier (coin)
  2. (by extension) money
  3. denier (unit of weight)

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French denier, Latin dēnārius.

Noun

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denier m (plural deniers)

  1. denier (coin)

Descendants

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  • French: denier

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin dēnārius.

Noun

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denier oblique singularm (oblique plural deniers, nominative singular deniers, nominative plural denier)

  1. denier (coin)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French denier.

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denier m (plural denieri)

  1. denier (weight)

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Swedish

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denier c

  1. denier

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