écu
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /eɪˈkuː/
Noun
écu (plural écus)
- (historical) A silver coin formerly used in France, with varying values.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 260:
- The court joined in the enthusiasm, and following frequent stagings at Versailles, the king awarded de Belloy a thousand écus and a golden medallion.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 260:
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French escut, inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (“to cover, protect”) or Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ky/
Audio (file) - Homophone: écus
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: écu
Further reading
- “écu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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