coin

1. 1.

   a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

   Broadercoinage

   Narrowerchangebawbeebezantdenierducatrealpiece of eightshillingcrownhalf crown

   Partsheadobversereversetail

Other forms of coin

plural

coins·

past tense

coined·

present participle

coining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coin

What does coin mean?

coin means "make up". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coin?

coin has 1 syllable: coin. In IPA it is /ˈkɔɪn/.

What is another word for coin?

Close synonyms include mint, strike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coin a common word?

coin is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.