Le mot anglais du jour

coin

pièce

Définitions

anglais > français
coin
1. n. Pièce de monnaie.
A coin is a piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
2. n. Jeton (de casino, de téléphone…).
3. v. Frapper (de la monnaie).
4. v. Forger (un mot).
Margaret Sanger coined the term "birth control" in 1914 in her monthly newsletter.
anglais > anglais
coin
1. n. (money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
2. n. A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).
3. n. (figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.
4. n. (slang) money in general, not limited to coins
She spent some serious coin on that car!
5. n. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
6. n. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.
7. n. A small circular slice of food.
8. v. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture.
to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal
9. v. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate.
Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
10. v. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
français > anglais
pièce
1. n-f. room (in a house, etc)
2. n-f. piece
3. n-f. (money) coin
4. n-f. play (in a theatre)
5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary
6. n-f. (legal) document, paper
7. n-f. patch

Exemples de phrases

Right and wrong are two faces of the same coin. Whoever has the power decides which face gets what inscription.

Le bien et le mal sont les deux faces d'une même pièce. Celui qui détient le pouvoir décide quelle face prend quelle inscription.
One side of a coin is called 'heads' and the other side is called 'tails'.

Un côté de la pièce est appelé « face » et l'autre, « pile ».
He came across this old coin in an antique shop.

Il tomba par hasard sur cette vieille pièce dans un magasin d'antiquités.