coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
אנגלית
~ 3000
משמעויות
0 משמעויות
שם עצם
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
תבנית שימוש:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
מילים נרדפות
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
הפכים
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
צירופים
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
נושאים
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
דוגמאות
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
פועל
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
תבנית שימוש:
to coin [a word/phrase]
טעות נפוצה:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
מילים נרדפות
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
הפכים
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
צירופים
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
נושאים
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
דוגמאות
- Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
- The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
- She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
שם עצם
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
מילים נרדפות
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
הפכים
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
צירופים
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
נושאים
money
|finance
|daily_life
דוגמאות
- The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
- The tails side has an image of a bird.
- Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
הברות והטעמה
coin (1 הברה)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
צורות המילה
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
משפחת מילים
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
ביטויים
to coin a phrase
1/tə kˈɔɪn ə fɹˈeɪz/
idiom
Invent or use expression humorously
To say or make a well-known phrase, sometimes as a joke about using it.
דוגמאות
- He's living, to coin a phrase, 'on cloud nine'.
- She was, to coin a phrase, 'over the moon' about her promotion.
two sides of the same coin
1/tˈu sˈaɪdz əv ðə sˈeɪm kˈɔɪn/
idiom
Two aspects of one thing
Two different but related parts of one thing.
דוגמאות
- Success and failure are two sides of the same coin.
- Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
flip a coin
1/flˈɪp ə kˈɔɪn/
fixed phrase
Toss a coin to decide
to throw a coin in the air and use the side it lands on to choose between two things
דוגמאות
- We couldn't decide where to eat, so we flipped a coin.
- If we can’t agree, let’s flip a coin.
- If it's heads, we go to the park; if it's tails, we stay home.
- They flipped a coin to see who would go first.
- We flipped a coin and I lost.