valuta

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noun

A foreign currency; any monetary standard.

OriginItalian valuta →
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Meanings

nounvaluta (plural valute or valutas)

plural valute · plural valutas

  1. A foreign currency; any monetary standard.

    It helps that the gamer’s proxy is always on a quest – for money, gold, any token that may have valuta if not intrinsic value.

    2012, Will Self, ‘Diary’, London Review of Books, vol. 34 no.21

Origin

  1. Italianvaluta“currency”
  2. Englishvaluta

Borrowed from Italian valuta (“currency”). Doublet of value.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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