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doubloon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dʌˈbluːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (historical) A former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
   • 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... 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
2. (Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of doubloonie.
   alt of doubloonie
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dabloon (“fictional currency”).
   alt of dabloon

Forms

Deriveds

Brasher doubloon · doubloonie

Translations (36)

sv doblon (former Spanish gold coin) · mg verindroa (former Spanish gold coin) · pt dobrão (former Spanish gold coin) · de Duplone (former Spanish gold coin) · be дубло́н (former Spanish gold coin) · de Dublone (former Spanish gold coin) · sah дублон (former Spanish gold coin) · el δουβλόνι (former Spanish gold coin) · vi đublum (former Spanish gold coin) · fi dubloni (former Spanish gold coin) · cmn 杜布隆 (former Spanish gold coin) · et dubloon (former Spanish gold coin) · nl dubloen (former Spanish gold coin) · eo dublono (former Spanish gold coin) · hu dublon (former Spanish gold coin) · it doblone (former Spanish gold coin) · sv dublon (former Spanish gold coin) · no dublon (former Spanish gold coin) · sq dubloj (former Spanish gold coin) · lt dublonas (former Spanish gold coin) · es doblón (former Spanish gold coin) · cs dublon (former Spanish gold coin) · ja ダブルーン (former Spanish gold coin) · pl dublon (former Spanish gold coin) · ca dobler (former Spanish gold coin) · bg дублон (former Spanish gold coin) · ca dobló (former Spanish gold coin) · ru дубло́н (former Spanish gold coin) · th ดับลูน (former Spanish gold coin) · vi đồng đublum (former Spanish gold coin) · ko 더블룬 (former Spanish gold coin) · uk дубло́н (former Spanish gold coin) · ar دبلون (former Spanish gold coin) · chr ᎠᏕᎸ ᏓᎶᏂᎨ (former Spanish gold coin) · fr doublon (former Spanish gold coin) · da dublon (former Spanish gold coin)