Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubloon

/dʌˈbluːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: dou-bloon
IPA: /dʌˈbluːn/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.

noun

Clipping of doubloonie.

Canadian usage; Slang

noun

Alternative form of dabloon (“fictional currency”).

Example Sentences

"English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to ware them round your neck – nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection..."

Etymology

From French doublon, from Spanish doblón, augmentative of doble (“double”), because it was worth twice a pistole.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: doublon, doblón

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dʌˈbluːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

doubloons (plural) doblon (alternative)

Derived Forms

doubloonie

Phrases

Brasher doubloon

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon man in the moon blue moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon

Questions

How do you pronounce doubloon?: The recorded pronunciation is /dʌˈbluːn/.
What does doubloon mean?: A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
Where does doubloon come from?: It is traced to French.

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