Pokédollar

noun

A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of the yen or dollar. Its symbol is .

OriginEnglish dollar ← Dutch daler ← Middle Low German dāler →
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Meanings

nounPokédollar (plural Pokédollars)

plural Pokédollars

  1. A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of the yen or dollar. Its symbol is .

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  23. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  24. Old High Germantal
  25. Middle High Germantal
  26. GermanTal
  27. GermanTaler
  28. Middle Low Germandāler
  29. Dutchdaler
  30. Englishdollar
  31. EnglishPokédollar

From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.

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APA

Pokédollar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9dollar

MLA

“Pokédollar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9dollar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pokédollar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9dollar.

Source: Pokédollar on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.