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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese esterlin (“sterling”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Middle English sterling.
Pronunciation
Adjective
esterlino (feminine esterlina, masculine plural esterlinos, feminine plural esterlinas)
- (relational) sterling (of or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esterlin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sterl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esterlino”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From English sterling.
Pronunciation
Adjective
esterlino (feminine esterlina, masculine plural esterlinos, feminine plural esterlinas)
- relating to the pound or the English money
Noun
esterlino m (plural esterlinos)
- legal currency of Great Britain
- Synonyms: esterlina, libra esterlina
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