ドル

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
弗 (obsolete)
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 ドル on Japanese Wikipedia
 Dollar on Wikipedia
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).

Noun

ドル • (doru) 

  1. a dollar (designation for specific currency)
    Synonym: (uncommon) ダラー (darā)

Etymology 2

 ドル (フランス) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Dole, Jura on Wikipedia

Borrowed from French Dole.

Proper noun

ドル • (Doru) 

  1. Dole, Jura (place in France)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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