moneta

Etymology

Derived from Latin monēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmonɛta]
• Rhymes: -ɛta

Noun

moneta f

1. (archaic) coin

   Synonym: mince

Further reading

• “moneta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “moneta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “moneta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈne.ta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: mo‧né‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin monēta. Compare Spanish moneda and Portuguese moeda.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• moneta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• a monte, amento, menato, metano, nemato-, nomate, temano

Etymology

From Monēta, an Italian goddess conflated with Juno after her introduction (cf. evocatio) to Rome in 344 BC. Her temple was used by the Roman mint from 273 BC until it was destroyed by fire and moved to the Colosseum by Domitian in AD 84. The usual derivation—given by Cicero and the Byzantine Suda— is from monēre (“to warn, to advise”) + a variant of -īta, but it is now considered more likely the earlier Italian goddess's name came from a form of Ancient Greek μονήρης (monḗrēs, “solitary, alone, unique”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈneː.ta/, [mɔˈneːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈne.ta/, [moˈnɛːt̪ä]

Noun

monēta f (genitive monētae); first declension

1. mint, a place for coining money
2. money, coinage
3. (Medieval Latin, historical) Abbreviation of monētārius ("moneyer, minter") in its various forms

References

• “moneta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "moneta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “moneta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “moneta”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• “moneta”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “moneta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “mint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin moneta, likely via Polish moneta and/or Russian моне́та (monéta).

Noun

monetà f (plural monetos) stress pattern 2

1. coin (a piece of currency)

   mokėti monetomis ― to pay with coins

References

• “moneta”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “moneta”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin monēta. Doublet of manat and mennica (“mint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈnɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: mo‧ne‧ta

Noun

moneta f (diminutive monetka)

1. coin (a piece of currency)

Further reading

• moneta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• moneta in Polish dictionaries at PWN