cardecu

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UK/ˈkɑːdɪkjuː/US/ˈkɑɹdɪkju/

noun

A silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.

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Meanings

nouncardecu (plural cardecus)

plural cardecus

  1. historicalA silver French coin worth a quarter of an écu.

    A set of hilding fellows there were, whom we dismissed to find them a new master — enough had been done for revenge and profit; the bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.

    1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Origin

From French quart d'écu ‘quarter of an écu’.

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APA

cardecu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardecu

MLA

“cardecu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardecu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardecu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardecu.

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