thaler

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːləɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlə(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• taler

Etymology

From German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518.

Noun

thaler (plural thalers)

1. (historical) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
2. (historical) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

Anagrams

• Hartel, Hartle, Thrale, halter, lather, rathel

Noun

thaler m (plural thalers)

1. Alternative spelling of taler

Further reading

• “thaler” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈθalɛr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈθaːlɛr/, /ˈθalɛr/

Verb

thaler

1. Aspirate mutation of taler.