zecchin

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/ˈzɛkɪn/

noun

Any of various gold coins produced in Italy or Turkey; a sequin.

OriginItalian zecchino ← Arabic سكّة →
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Meanings

nounzecchin (plural zecchins)

plural zecchins · alternative zechin · alternative zequeen · alternative zequin

  1. historicalAny of various gold coins produced in Italy or Turkey; a sequin.

    […] the noble armour, that was worth so many zecchins to Joseph Pareira, the armourer of Milan, besides seventy in the hundred of profits, he cares for it as little as if he had found it in the highways!”

    1820, Walter Scott, chapter 9, in Ivanhoe

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sequin

Origin

  1. Arabicسكّة“die for coining, coin”
  2. Italianzecca“mint”
  3. Italianzecchino
  4. Englishzecchin

From Italian zecchino, from Italian zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سكّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of sequin.

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Chicago

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