drachma

جمع شاذ

A noun referring to a former unit of currency in Greece, or a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or 60 grains.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى وحدة نقدية يونانية قديمة، وإلى وحدة وزن صيدلانية تعادل ثُمن الأونصة أو 60 حبة.

1. Apothecary weight unit C2 formal

   A unit of weight used in pharmacy, equal to one eighth of an ounce or 60 grains.

   • The pharmacist measured the compound in drachmas.
   • One drachma is equivalent to 60 grains.
   • The recipe called for two drachmas of the substance.

   🌐درخمة صيدلانية

   المرادفات: drachmdram

2. Former Greek currency B1 formal

   The basic monetary unit of Greece before the adoption of the euro.

   • The drachma was replaced by the euro in 2002.
   • He found an old coin worth 100 drachmas.
   • Prices were listed in drachmas before the currency change.

   🌐الدراخما

• drachmae plural form
• drachmas plural form
• drachmae's possessive plural form
• drachmas' possessive plural form
• drachma's possessive singular form