nomisma

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/nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/

noun

Money or currency (modern).

OriginAncient Greek νόμισμα ← Latin numismat- →
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Meanings

nounnomisma (plural nomismata or nomismas)

plural nomismata · plural nomismas

  1. Money or currency (modern).
  2. Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).
  3. Current coin of a state (ancient).
  4. rareCoinage, a monetary system.
  5. historicalA byzant.

    The silver miliarensia from that era were minted exclusively for propaganda purposes, and in smaller amounts than the gold coins (nomismas) and the copper alloy coins (folles). They were practically not used in circulation, although in theory twelve miliarensia were equal in value to a gold nomisma.

    2022, Vladimir Penchev, “What the coins from the Preslav treasure can tell us about the social status of its owner”, in Contributions to Bulgarian Archaeology, volume XII, →DOI, →ISSN, page 70
  6. A stamp, an image on a coin.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
solidus

Origin

  1. Latinnumismat-
  2. Ancient Greekνόμισμα
  3. Englishnomisma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”) + -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”), from νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ίζω (-ízō, denominative verb suffix), from νέμω (némō, “to distribute”) + -ος (-os). Related to French numismatique, Latin numismat- + -ique, variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).

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APA

nomisma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomisma

MLA

“nomisma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomisma. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nomisma,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nomisma.

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