Meanings
plural adarmes
- historicalA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
Synonyms: Spanish dram, dram
- hobbiesSynonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
Synonyms: peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 1.8 g.
nounSynonym of peso, during periods when it was a Spanish coin notionally equivalent to an adarme of gold.
Origin
- Ancient Greekδραχμή“drachma”
- Middle Persian𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭
- Arabicدِرْهَم“dirham”
- Andalusian Arabicدرهم
- Spanishadarme“<small>¹<big>⁄</big>₁₆</small> Spanish ounce, peso”
- Englishadarme
From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic درهم (dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.
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adarme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adarme
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