noun
Meaning 1
The process of coining money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coinage
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/ˈkɔɪnɪd͡ʒ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Coins taken collectively; currency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The creation of new words, neologizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Something which has been made or invented, especially a coined word; a neologism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
The process of creating something new.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
the act of inventing a word or phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neologism, neology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invention
noun
Meaning 7
a newly invented word or phrase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: neologism, neology
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Broader terms: word
Narrower terms: blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau
noun
Meaning 8
coins collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mintage, specie, metal money
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: currency
Narrower terms: coin
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coynage, from Old French coignage, from coignier. By surface analysis, coin + -age.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: encunyació — process of coining money
- Chinese Mandarin: 貨幣制度 /货币制度 (huòbì zhìdù) — process of coining money
- Finnish: rahan lyöminen — process of coining money
- French: frappe (de la monnaie) — process of coining money
- German: Münzprägung — process of coining money
- Italian: conio — process of coining money
- Japanese: 貨幣鋳造 (kahei chūzō) — process of coining money
- Middle English: coynage — process of coining money
- Polish: tworzenie nowych wyrazów — process of coining money
- Portuguese: cunhagem — process of coining money
- Russian: чека́нка (čekánka) — process of coining money
- Spanish: acuñación — process of coining money
- Tagalog: menta — process of coining money
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