coinage

Other forms of coinage

plural

coinages·

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 coinage

What does coinage mean?

coinage means "coins collectively". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coinage?

coinage has 2 syllables: coi-nage. The stress falls on "coi". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/.

What is another word for coinage?

Close synonyms include mintage, specie, metal money, neologism, neology. 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 coinage a common word?

coinage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.