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hryvnia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /(hə)ˈrɪvnɪə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /(hə)ˈɹɪvniə/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Ukraine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Ukranian monetary unit

History

Etymology

From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَرِيفْنَا (harīfnā) — Ukrainian currency
  • Arabic: هْرِيفْنَا (hrīfnā) — Ukrainian currency
  • Armenian: գրիվնա (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Armenian: գռիվնա (gṙivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Azerbaijani: qrivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Belarusian: гры́ўна (hrýwna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Belarusian: гры́ўня (hrýwnja) — Ukrainian currency
  • Bulgarian: гри́вна (grívna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格里夫納 (gélǐfūnà) — Ukrainian currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赫里夫尼亞 (hèlǐfūníyǎ) — Ukrainian currency
  • Czech: hřivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Danish: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Dutch: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Dutch: griv­nya — Ukrainian currency
  • Dutch: hryv­nja — Ukrainian currency
  • Estonian: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Finnish: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • French: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Georgian: გრივნა (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • German: Hrywnja — Ukrainian currency
  • German: Griwna — Ukrainian currency
  • Greek: γρίβνα (grívna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Greek: χρίβνια (chrívnia) — Ukrainian currency
  • Hebrew: הְרִיבְנְיָה (hriv'nyá) — Ukrainian currency
  • Hindi: रिव्निया (rivniyā) — Ukrainian currency
  • Hungarian: hrivnya — Ukrainian currency
  • Icelandic: hrinja — Ukrainian currency
  • Italian: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Japanese: フリヴニャ (furivunya) — Ukrainian currency
  • Kazakh: гривня (grivnä) — Ukrainian currency
  • Kazakh: гривна (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Korean: 흐리브냐 (heuribeunya) — Ukrainian currency
  • Kyrgyz: гривня (grivnya) — Ukrainian currency
  • Kyrgyz: гривна (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Latvian: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Lithuanian: grivina — Ukrainian currency
  • Macedonian: гривна (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hryvnja — Ukrainian currency
  • Old Church Slavonic: гривьна (grivĭna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Old Church Slavonic: гривьнꙗ (grivĭnja) — Ukrainian currency
  • Persian: گریونا (gerivnâ) — Ukrainian currency
  • Polish: hrywna — Ukrainian currency
  • Portuguese: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Portuguese: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Portuguese: grívnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Romanian: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Romanian: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Romanian: grivnă — Ukrainian currency
  • Russian: гри́вна (grívna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: хри̑вња — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: гри̑вња — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: гри̑вна — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrȋvnja — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȋvnja — Ukrainian currency
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȋvna — Ukrainian currency
  • Slovak: hrivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Slovene: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Slovene: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Spanish: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Spanish: hryvnia — Ukrainian currency
  • Swedish: hryvnja — Ukrainian currency
  • Tajik: гривня (grivnya) — Ukrainian currency
  • Tajik: гривна (grivna) — Ukrainian currency
  • Thai: ฮรึวญา — Ukrainian currency
  • Turkish: grivna — Ukrainian currency
  • Turkish: hrıvnya — Ukrainian currency
  • Ukrainian: гри́вня (hrývnja) — Ukrainian currency
  • Uzbek: grivna — Ukrainian currency