"sterling" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterling.wav Forms: more sterling [comparative], most sterling [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sterling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling, of uncertain origin. Possibly from sterling (“starling”) (the bird), which at one time was stamped in quarters on the coin; or perhaps from Middle English sterre (“star”) + -ling (as in shilling), as some Norman coins presumably featured stars on them. For the UK currency gloss, the term is a contraction of esterling, referring to eastern merchants from Baltic towns who established a bullion weight standard for transactions. (Taylor and Palmer, 1968) Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sterling}} Middle English sterling, {{gloss|the bird}} (the bird), {{der|en|enm|sterre||star}} Middle English sterre (“star”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} sterling (comparative more sterling, superlative most sterling)
  1. (not comparable) Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Currencies, Currency, Historical currencies Translations (of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage): esterlí (Catalan), esterlino (Galician), esterlino [masculine] (Portuguese)
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  2. (not comparable) Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, relating to, or made from sterling silver): esterlí (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-adj-GuMjgY~y Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or made from sterling silver': 2 96 2 0
  3. Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative. Translations (high quality): erinomainen (Finnish), korkealaatuinen (Finnish), laadukas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-adj-YhQJPLg8 Disambiguation of 'high quality': 4 3 89 4
  4. Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-adj-SpnhSjyk

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sterling.wav Forms: sterlings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English sterling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling, of uncertain origin. Possibly from sterling (“starling”) (the bird), which at one time was stamped in quarters on the coin; or perhaps from Middle English sterre (“star”) + -ling (as in shilling), as some Norman coins presumably featured stars on them. For the UK currency gloss, the term is a contraction of esterling, referring to eastern merchants from Baltic towns who established a bullion weight standard for transactions. (Taylor and Palmer, 1968) Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sterling}} Middle English sterling, {{gloss|the bird}} (the bird), {{der|en|enm|sterre||star}} Middle English sterre (“star”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sterling (countable and uncountable, plural sterlings)
  1. The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Currencies, Currency, Historical currencies Categories (place): United Kingdom Translations (the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound): جنيَه إِسْتِرْلِينِيّ [masculine] (Arabic), جنية استرليني (gené esterlini) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), лира (lira) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lliura [feminine] (Catalan), lliura esterlina [feminine] (Catalan), libra (Czech), sterlingo (Esperanto), punta (Finnish), libra [feminine] (Galician), libra esterlina [feminine] (Galician), sterlina [feminine] (Italian), 英貨 (eika) (Japanese), sterling (Malay), sterlina (Maltese), funt [masculine] (Polish), funt sterling [masculine] (Polish), funt szterling [masculine] (Polish), sterling [masculine] (Polish), szterling [masculine] (Polish), esterlina [feminine] (Portuguese), сте́рлинг (stérling) [masculine] (Russian), фунт (funt) [masculine] (Russian), libra (Slovak), libra esterlina [feminine] (Spanish), esterlina (Tagalog), sterlin (Turkish), pound (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-noun-G6ZGjaC0 Disambiguation of Currencies: 35 2 2 1 42 10 4 5 Disambiguation of Currency: 42 2 2 1 37 9 5 1 Disambiguation of Historical currencies: 35 2 2 1 41 11 4 5 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 8 1 2 1 76 9 2 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 5 9 2 31 17 8 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 5 7 2 41 13 8 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 3 4 2 38 15 7 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 1 42 19 5 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 16 3 5 6 30 21 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 2 4 5 23 28 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 2 4 5 25 26 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 4 6 4 23 25 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 20 5 6 4 22 25 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 16 3 4 1 36 22 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 3 5 6 25 26 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 21 3 5 5 25 26 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 5 6 2 49 12 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 5 6 2 49 12 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 21 2 7 5 24 26 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 20 2 4 5 26 26 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 3 5 5 27 24 7 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 2 6 5 23 27 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 5 6 2 49 12 7 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 2 7 5 22 28 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 4 7 1 49 12 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 19 3 5 5 27 24 8 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 2 4 5 25 27 7 8 Disambiguation of 'the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound': 95 2 1 1
  2. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Currencies, Historical currencies Translations (former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness): esterlina [feminine] (Galician), esterlín [masculine] (Galician), sterlina [feminine] (Italian), oro sterlina [masculine] (Italian), argento sterlina [masculine] (Italian), 法定純度 (hōtei jundo) (Japanese)
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  3. Sterling silver, or articles made from this material. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gold, Silver Translations (sterling silver, or articles made from this material): чисто сребро (čisto srebro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), argento sterlina [masculine] (Italian), 純銀 (jungin) (Japanese), スターリングシルバー (sutāringu shirubā) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-noun-b82K-A-k Disambiguation of Gold: 2 25 3 1 15 7 42 5 Disambiguation of Silver: 2 26 3 1 13 7 44 4 Categories (other): Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 20 5 6 4 22 25 11 7 Disambiguation of 'sterling silver, or articles made from this material': 2 3 94 1
  4. A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sterling-en-noun-Rc6w~HaL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: penny sterling, pound sterling

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈstɛr.liŋk/
Rhymes: -ɛrliŋk Etymology: Borrowed from English sterling, from Middle English sterling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling. Etymology templates: {{bor+|pl|en|sterling}} Borrowed from English sterling, {{der|pl|enm|sterling}} Middle English sterling Head templates: {{pl-noun|m-anml}} sterling m animal Inflection templates: {{pl-decl-noun-m-anml}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sterling [nominative, singular], sterlingi [nominative, plural], sterlinga [genitive, singular], sterlingów [genitive, plural], sterlingowi [dative, singular], sterlingom [dative, plural], sterlinga [accusative, singular], sterlingi [accusative, plural], sterlingiem [instrumental, singular], sterlingami [instrumental, plural], sterlingu [locative, singular], sterlingach [locative, plural], sterlingu [singular, vocative], sterlingi [plural, vocative]
  1. Alternative form of szterling Tags: alt-of, alternative, animal-not-person, masculine Alternative form of: szterling Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): Ascension Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Tristan da Cunha, United Kingdom Synonyms: funt, funt sterling, funt szterling, szterling Derived forms: sterlingowy

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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      "sense": "the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra esterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound",
      "word": "esterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound",
      "word": "sterlin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound",
      "word": "pound"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esterlina"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esterlín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oro sterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "argento sterlina"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hōtei jundo",
      "sense": "former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness",
      "word": "法定純度"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "sterling silver, or articles made from this material",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "sterling silver, or articles made from this material",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "sterling silver, or articles made from this material",
      "word": "純銀"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sutāringu shirubā",
      "sense": "sterling silver, or articles made from this material",
      "word": "スターリングシルバー"
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Slovak translations",
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        "(not comparable) Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage."
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        "Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver."
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        "(not comparable) Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver."
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          "ref": "2014 December 13, Mandeep Sanghera, “Burnley 1-0 Southampton”, in BBC Sport:",
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        {
          "ref": "1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:",
          "text": "I have said that Mr. Crawley was a stern, unpleasant man; and it certainly was so. The man must be made of very sterling stuff, whom continued and undeserved misfortune does not make unpleasant.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 31, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair, retrieved 2016-01-21:",
          "text": "But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions. It is disappointing that the senator and his staff continue to focus a politically motivated campaign on Ms. Abedin, who has been known her entire professional life for hard work, integrity, and her sterling reputation. It is people like Ms. Abedin whom we should all want in public service.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 53:",
          "text": "HSTs continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units [...] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage",
      "word": "esterlí"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage",
      "word": "esterlino"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "esterlino"
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      "sense": "of, relating to, or made from sterling silver",
      "word": "esterlí"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high quality",
      "word": "erinomainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high quality",
      "word": "korkealaatuinen"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "high quality",
      "word": "laadukas"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "sterling"
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      "form": "sterlingami",
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      "form": "sterlingach",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "sterlingu",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "sterlingi",
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        "plural",
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  "lang_code": "pl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "szterling"
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        "pl:Ascension Island",
        "pl:British Antarctic Territory",
        "pl:British Indian Ocean Territory",
        "pl:Currencies",
        "pl:Falkland Islands",
        "pl:Gibraltar",
        "pl:Guernsey",
        "pl:Isle of Man",
        "pl:Jersey",
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          "word": "funt"
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɛr.liŋk/"
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}

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