thaler

See also: Thaler and Thäler

English
A 1780 thaler, stamped with the image of the empress Maria Theresa

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of tolar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑːləɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːlə(ɹ)

Noun

thaler (plural thalers)

  1. (historical, numismatics) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
  2. (historical, numismatics) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

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French

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Noun

thaler m (plural thalers)

  1. Alternative spelling of taler

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Welsh

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Verb

thaler

  1. Aspirate mutation of taler.

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
taler daler nhaler thaler
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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