ドル

㌦ U+3326, ㌦
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[U+3327]

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

ドル (doru): evolution of the dollar symbol for both the United States and (now obsolete) Spanish dollar.

From Dutch dollar. Originally transcribed phonetically into Japanese as ドルラル (doruraru), then shortened during the Meiji period to just ドル (doru).[1][3]

Alternative forms

Noun

ドル (rōmaji doru)

  1. (money) a dollar (designation for specific currency)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Dole, the name of a commune or town located in the department of Jura, in the region of Franche-Comté in the east of France.

Proper noun

ドル (rōmaji Doru)

  1. Dole, Jura (place in France)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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