noun
Meaning 1
The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rial
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹiːˈɑːl/
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CMU ARPABET: R AY1 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A former currency of Morocco and Tunisia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An old gold coin of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
the basic unit of money in Iran
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Iranian rial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Iranian monetary unit
noun
Meaning 5
the basic unit of money in Oman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: riyal-omani, Omani rial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Omani monetary unit
noun
Meaning 6
the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Yemeni rial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Yemeni monetary unit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: رِيَال (riyāl) — currency in Middle East
- Armenian: ռիալ (ṙial) — currency in Middle East
- Asturian: rial — currency in Middle East
- Catalan: rial — currency in Middle East
- Chinese Mandarin: 里亞爾 /里亚尔 (lǐyà'ěr) — currency in Middle East
- Czech: rijál — currency in Middle East
- Finnish: rial — currency in Middle East
- French: rial — currency in Middle East
- Georgian: რიალი (riali) — currency in Middle East
- German: Rial — currency in Middle East
- Indonesian: rial — currency in Middle East
- Japanese: リヤル (riyaru) — currency in Middle East
- Korean: 리알 (rial) — currency in Middle East
- Malay: rial — currency in Middle East
- Persian: ریال (riyâl) — currency in Middle East
- Portuguese: rial — currency in Middle East
- Russian: риа́л (riál) — currency in Middle East
- Swahili: riali — currency in Middle East
- Tajik: риол (riol) — currency in Middle East