Phrase guide

US dollar

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The official currency of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُولَار أَمْرِيكِيّ (dōlār ʔamrīkiyy) — official currency of the United States
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏰᏟ ᎤᏃᏍᏓ (amayetli unosda) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Cantonese: 美金 (mei5 gam1) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Cantonese: 美元 (mei5 jyun4) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Cantonese: 美圓 /美圆 (mei5 jyun4) — official currency of the United States
  • Hakka Chinese: 美金 (Mî-kîm) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese: 美金 (zh-min-nan) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese: 美元 (Bí-gôan) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美元 (Měiyuán) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美圓 /美圆 (Měiyuán) — official currency of the United States
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美金 (Měijīn) — official currency of the United States
  • Cornish: Dollar Statys Unys — official currency of the United States
  • Finnish: Yhdysvaltain dollari — official currency of the United States
  • Finnish: dollari — official currency of the United States
  • Finnish: US-dollari — official currency of the United States
  • French: dollar américain — official currency of the United States
  • German: US-Dollar — official currency of the United States
  • Hindi: अमेरिकी डॉलर (amerikī ḍŏlar) — official currency of the United States
  • Icelandic: bandaríkjadalur — official currency of the United States
  • Interlingua: dollar statounitese — official currency of the United States
  • Irish: dollar na Stát Aontaithe — official currency of the United States
  • Japanese: アメリカ・ドル (Amerika-doru) — official currency of the United States
  • Japanese: 米ドル (Bei-doru) — official currency of the United States
  • Kazakh: АҚШ доллары (AQŞ dollary) — official currency of the United States
  • Korean: 미국 달러 (miguk dalleo) — official currency of the United States
  • Marathi: अमेरिकन डॉलर (amerikan ḍŏlar) — official currency of the United States
  • Pashto: امریکایی ډالر — official currency of the United States
  • Persian: دلار آمریکا (dolâr-e âmrikâ) — official currency of the United States
  • Portuguese: dólar americano — official currency of the United States
  • Romanian: dolar american — official currency of the United States
  • Romanian: dolar SUA — official currency of the United States
  • Russian: америка́нский до́ллар (amerikánskij dóllar) — official currency of the United States
  • Russian: до́ллар США (dóllar SŠA) — official currency of the United States
  • Spanish: dólar de EE.UU. — official currency of the United States
  • Spanish: dólar americano — official currency of the United States
  • Spanish: dólar estadounidense — official currency of the United States
  • Spanish: grencho — official currency of the United States
  • Thai: ดอลลาร์สหรัฐ (donlâat ràt) — official currency of the United States
  • Thai: ดอลลาร์อเมริกัน (donlâa amayrígan) — official currency of the United States
  • Vietnamese: đô-la Mỹ — official currency of the United States
  • Vietnamese: đồng Mỹ — official currency of the United States
  • Vietnamese: Mĩ kim — official currency of the United States
  • Zhuang: Meijyenz — official currency of the United States