"loonie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-ca-loonie.ogg [Canada] Forms: loonies [plural]
Etymology: loon + -ie from the depiction of a loon on the reverse (tail-side) of the Canadian one-dollar coin. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|loon|ie}} loon + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} loonie (plural loonies)
  1. (Canada, informal, numismatics) The Canadian dollar coin in common circulation since 1987. Tags: Canada, informal Categories (topical): Coins
    Sense id: en-loonie-en-noun-ufIk8Qkr Disambiguation of Coins: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 80 20 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics
  2. (Canada, informal, by extension) The dollar as the Canadian unit of currency. Tags: Canada, broadly, informal
    Sense id: en-loonie-en-noun-KSxWVFzz Categories (other): Canadian English, Canadian English Disambiguation of Canadian English: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doubloon, doubloonie, toonie, twonie, twoonie

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for loonie meaning in English (2.7kB)

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