coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Kiingereza
~ 3000
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
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.
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.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Mada
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
Kitenzi
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
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.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Mada
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
Nomino
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
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.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Mada
money
|finance
|daily_life
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
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.