Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chervonets

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cher-vonets
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.

Etymology

From Russian черво́нец (červónec), derived from черво́нное зо́лото (červónnoje zóloto), "red gold".

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

chervontsy (plural) chervonetz (alternative) tchervonets (alternative) tchervonetz (alternative)

Questions

What does chervonets mean?: Any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union.
Where does chervonets come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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