piastre

[经] 披亚士特

发音

US /piˈæstɚ/
US /piˈɑstɚ/
UK /piˈæstə/
UK /piˈɑːstə/

词形变化

piastres 复数 piastres

别名

piaster pyaster

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.

  3. 3.

    A dollar.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

piaster kurus

上位词 1

subunit

部分词 1

asper

整体词 2

pound lira

词源

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.

来源：wiktionary