coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Kiingereza
~ 3000
érme, megalkot, oldal
NOMINO
A1
1
érme
A2
Muundo wa matumizi:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
Bedobott egy érmét a parkolóórába.
He collects rare coins from different countries.
Különböző országok ritka érméit gyűjti.
I found a coin under the sofa.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
I have one coin in my pocket.
Van egy érme a zsebemben.
The coin is silver and small.
Az érme ezüstszínű és kicsi.
She puts a coin in the machine.
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Maana
Flat metal money piece
Miunganiko ya maneno
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Visawe
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Vinyume
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Mada
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ufafanuzi
A small piece of metal used as money.
A small, flat, usually round piece of metal issued by a government as money.
KITENZI
B2
2
megalkot
B2
Muundo wa matumizi:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
Shakespeare számos olyan szót alkotott meg, amelyet ma is használunk.
The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
A „blog” kifejezést az 1990-es évek végén alkották meg.
She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
He coined a new word for his story.
Egy új szót alkotott meg a történetéhez.
The writer coined many funny phrases.
Az író sok vicces kifejezést alkotott.
They coined the term last year.
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Maana
Invent a new term
Miunganiko ya maneno
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Visawe
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Vinyume
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Mada
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Ufafanuzi
To make a new word or phrase.
To create a new word or expression.
NOMINO
A2
3
oldal
A1
The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
Az érme előlapján a királynő arcképe látható.
The tails side has an image of a bird.
Az érme hátlapján egy madár képe látható.
Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
The coin has a head side.
Az érme egyik oldalán fej látható.
I see the tail on the coin.
Az érme hátsó oldalát látom.
This coin has two sides.
Maana
Side of a coin
Miunganiko ya maneno
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Visawe
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Vinyume
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Mada
money
|finance
|daily_life
Ufafanuzi
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
One of the two flat surfaces of a coin, each with its own design.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Silabi na mkazo
coin (silabi 1)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Familia ya neno
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Semi
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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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
Mifano
- 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.