sterling

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːlɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈstɜɹlɪŋ/
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• Scotland: /ˈstɛɾlɪŋ/
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• homophone: Stirling (fern–fir–fur merger)
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/
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• homophone: Stirling
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• CMU ARPABET: S T ER1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sterling, possibly from Old English *steorling, from steorra (“star”) and -ling, in reference to the stars that appeared on certain English pennies. Alternatively, the first element may be *stēre, meaning “strong” or “stout” (compare the etymology of solidus).

See Stirling.

See starling (etymology 1).

See starling (etymology 2).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: esterlí — of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage
• Finnish: sterling- — of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage
• Galician: esterlino — of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage
• Portuguese: esterlino — of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage
• Finnish: sterling- — of silver: being of standard quality
• Catalan: esterlí — of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver
• Finnish: sterlinghopeinen — of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver
• Finnish: erinomainen — of proven worth; of high or excellent quality
• Finnish: korkealaatuinen — of proven worth; of high or excellent quality
• Finnish: laadukas — of proven worth; of high or excellent quality
• Finnish: sterling — English silver penny first introduced by the Normans; penny issued in other countries
• Finnish: penni — English silver penny first introduced by the Normans; penny issued in other countries
• Arabic: جنيَه إِسْتِرْلِينِيّ — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Arabic: جنية استرليني (gené esterlini) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Bulgarian: лира (lira) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Catalan: lliura — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Catalan: lliura esterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Chinese Mandarin: 英镑 (Yīngbàng) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Czech: libra — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Esperanto: sterlingo — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Finnish: punta — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Galician: libra — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Galician: libra esterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Georgian: გირვანქა სტერლინგი (girvanka sṭerlingi) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Georgian: ფუნტი (punṭi) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Italian: sterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Japanese: 英貨 (eika) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Malay: sterling — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Maltese: sterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Polish: sterling — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Polish: szterling — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Polish: funt — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Polish: funt sterling — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Polish: funt szterling — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Portuguese: esterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Russian: сте́рлинг (stérling) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Russian: фунт (funt) — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Slovak: libra — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Spanish: libra esterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Tagalog: esterlina — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Turkish: sterlin — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Turkish: pound — currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency
• Finnish: sterling — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Galician: esterlina — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Galician: esterlín — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Italian: sterlina — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Italian: oro sterlina — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Italian: argento sterlina — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness
• Japanese: 法定純度 (hōtei jundo) — former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness