Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scudo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: scu-do
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

noun

A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

noun

A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.

Example Sentences

"And this was the salvation of his house, for several large chunks of plaster cracked off and inside he discovered a pot full of golden scudos."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: *skey-, scudo, scutum

Inflected Forms

scudos (plural) scudoes (plural) scudi (plural)

Questions

What does scudo mean?: A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Where does scudo come from?: It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce scudo

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