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zloty

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: /zlɒti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /zlɑti/
  • rhymes with -ɒti
  • CMU ARPABET: Z L AO1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Poland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Polish monetary unit

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhelh3- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhólh3-tom Proto-Balto-Slavic *źálˀtader. Proto-Slavic *zoltъ Old Polish złoty Polish złotybor. English zloty Borrowed from Polish złoty.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زْلوتِي (zlōti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Arabic: زْووتِي (zwōti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Armenian: զլոտի (zloti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Belarusian: зло́ты (zlóty) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Bulgarian: зло́та (zlóta) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Catalan: esloti — the currency unit of Poland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茲羅提 /兹罗提 (zīluótí) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Czech: zlotý — the currency unit of Poland
  • Danish: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Esperanto: zloto — the currency unit of Poland
  • Estonian: zlott — the currency unit of Poland
  • Finnish: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • French: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • French: złoty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Georgian: ზლოტი (zloṭi) — the currency unit of Poland
  • German: Zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • German: Złoty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Greek: ζλότι (zlóti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Hebrew: זלוטי — the currency unit of Poland
  • Hindi: ज़्लॉटी (zlŏṭī) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Hindi: ज़्वोती (zvotī) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Hungarian: złoty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Hungarian: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Japanese: ズロティ (zuroti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Japanese: ズウォティ (zuwoti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Kazakh: злотый (zlotyi) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Korean: 즐로티 (jeulloti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Latvian: zlots — the currency unit of Poland
  • Lithuanian: zlòtas — the currency unit of Poland
  • Macedonian: злоти (zloti) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Norwegian: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Polish: złoty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Polish: zł — the currency unit of Poland
  • Polish: złotówka — the currency unit of Poland
  • Portuguese: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Portuguese: zloti — the currency unit of Poland
  • Romanian: zlot — the currency unit of Poland
  • Russian: зло́тый (zlótyj) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Serbo-Croatian: злот — the currency unit of Poland
  • Serbo-Croatian: zlot — the currency unit of Poland
  • Slovak: zlotý — the currency unit of Poland
  • Slovene: zlot — the currency unit of Poland
  • Spanish: esloti — the currency unit of Poland
  • Spanish: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Swedish: zloty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Swedish: złoty — the currency unit of Poland
  • Thai: ซวอตือ — the currency unit of Poland
  • Ukrainian: зло́тий (zlótyj) — the currency unit of Poland
  • Yiddish: זלאָטע (zlote) — the currency unit of Poland