Dictionary

piastre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /piˈæstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /piˈɑstɚ/ (General-American)
• /piˈæstɚ/ (General-American)
• /piˈɑːstə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.

Meanings

1. (historical) A coin and unit of currency, originally a Spanish or Spanish-American one worth eight real, later also used (with various values) in the Ottoman Empire and in Cyprus, in the French-speaking parts of Canada, and in French Indochina.
   • The Silkes, Velvets, Cloth of gold, and Tissue, Pyasters, Chicqueenes and Sultanies, which is gold and silver, they unloaded in foure and twentie houres, was wonderfull [...]. 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 39:
2. A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.
3. (Louisiana) A dollar.

Forms

Relateds

ghurush

Translations (14)

bg пиастър (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · ar قِرْش (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · es piastra (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · tr kuruş (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · sv piaster (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · de Piaster (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · lt piastras (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · fr piastre (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · ja ピアストル (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · arz قرش (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · ru пиа́стр (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · cs piastr (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · ast piastra (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin) · ga piastar (historical: Spanish, Ottoman or French coin)