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money

object or record accepted as payment

78 languages19 dialects🎙 15 real recordings

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dinero, деньги, diners11 languages
pieniądz, peníze, penge10 languages
argent, arc'hant, aqça9 languages
Geld, gäld, Gejd8 languages
pul, ფული, پول6 languages
money, nauda, monæa5 languages
para, пари4 languages
novac, новац3 languages

Groups are automatic — by similar words, not from an etymological dictionary.

In Ukrainian dialects, “money” also goes by other names: пінязі (Transcarpathian dialect).

Italian by region: sordi (Campania, Apulia, Calabria, Basilicata, Molise); grana (Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo); danee (Lombardy); dinari (Sardinia); picciuli (Sicily); quattrini (Tuscany); schei (Veneto, Trentino, Friuli).

Spanish by region: plata (Chile, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador); guita (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay); pisto (Central America); chavos (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); lana (Mexico); pasta (Spain); real (Venezuela).

In other languages: гроші (Ukrainian), Geld (German), argent (French), dinero (Spanish), pieniądz (Polish).

Albanian
para
Alemannic (Swiss German)
gäld≈
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Arabic
مال≈
Also: مَال
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Aragonese
diners
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Armenian
փողpʻoġ
Also: դրամ
Asturian
dineru
Also: cuartos, perres
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Azerbaijani
pul
Basque
diru
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Bavarian
Gejd≈
Also: Diridari
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Belarusian
грошыhróšy
Bosnian
novac≈
Also: pare
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Breton
arc'hant
Also: moneiz
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Bulgarian
париparí
Catalan
diners
Crimean Tatar
aqça
Also: para
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Croatian
novac≈
Also: pare
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Czech
peníze
Danish
penge
Dutch
geld
English
money
Also: dough , moola
Estonian
raha
Finnish
raha
Also: pätäkkä, tuohi
French
argent[aʁʒɑ̃]
Also: blé [ble] , flouse, flouze, fric [fʀik], oseille [ozɛj], pèze, pognon [pɔɲɔ̃], thune, tune
Galician
diñeiro
Also: cartos
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Georgian
ფულიpuli
German
Geld
Also: Asche , Knete, Kohle , Maus , Moneten , Öcken, Penunse, Pinke, Schotter, Zaster
Greek
χρήματαchrímata
Also: λεφτά, χρήμα
Hebrew
כסף
Hindi
पैसाpaisā
Also: धन, माल
Hungarian
pénz
Also: fizetőeszköz
Icelandic
peningur
Also: fé
Irish
airgead
Italian
soldi≈
Also: denaro
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Italian (Campania, Apulia, Calabria, Basilicata, Molise)
sordi≈
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Italian (Emilia-Romagna)
soldi≈
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Italian (Lazio, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo)
grana≈
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Italian (Lombardy)
danee≈
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Italian (Piedmont, Liguria, Aosta Valley)
soldi≈
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Italian (Sardinia)
dinari≈
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Italian (Sicily)
picciuli≈
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Italian (Tuscany)
quattrini≈
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Italian (Veneto, Trentino, Friuli)
schei≈
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Japanese
貨幣≈
Also: お金, ゲルト, 丸, 現金, 金
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Kashubian
dëtczi≈
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Kazakh
ақшаaqša
Also: пұл
Korean
돈≈
Also: 전화
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Kyrgyz
акчаakca
Also: пул
Latin
pecunia
Latvian
nauda
Ligurian
monæa≈
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Limburgish
geldj≈
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Lithuanian
pinigai
Lombard
danee≈
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Low German
geld≈
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Luxembourgish
Geld
Macedonian
париpari
Maltese
flus
Mongolian
мөнгө
Neapolitan
sordi
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North Frisian
jil≈
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Norwegian Bokmål
penge/ˈpɛ̂.ŋə/
Also: skilling /ˈʂɪ̀.lɪŋ/
Occitan
argent
Also: moneda, sòus
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Persian
پولpul
Also: پَیْسَه, پِیْسِه
Piedmontese
moneda≈
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Polish
pieniądz≈
Also: dutki
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Portuguese
dinheiro
Also: capim
Romanian
ban
Romansh
munaida
Also: muneida
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Russian
деньги≈
Also: бабло, капуста, копейка
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Scots
siller≈
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Scottish Gaelic
airgead
Also: airgiod
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Serbian
новац
Also: паре
Sicilian
dinaru
Also: munita, picciuli
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Silesian
gelt≈
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Slovak
peniaze
Slovene
denar
Spanish
dinero
Spanish (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay)
guita≈
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Spanish (Central America)
pisto≈
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Spanish (Chile)
plata≈
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Spanish (Colombia)
plata≈
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Spanish (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico)
chavos≈
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Spanish (Mexico)
lana≈
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Spanish (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador)
plata≈
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Spanish (Spain)
pasta≈
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Spanish (Venezuela)
real≈
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Swedish
peng
Also: deg, para
Tajik
пулpul
Turkish
para
Turkmen
pul
Ukrainian
гроші≈
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Transcarpathian dialect
пінязі≈
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Uzbek
pul
Also: aqcha
Venetian
danaro
Also: monèa, monéda
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Walloon
cwårs≈
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Welsh
arian
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West Frisian
jild
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