piaster

A noun referring to a fractional monetary unit used in several countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, or a subunit of the Turkish lira equivalent to 100 kurus.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une unité monétaire divisionnaire utilisée dans plusieurs pays, dont l'Égypte, le Liban, le Soudan et la Syrie, ou la subdivision de la livre turque, valant 100 kurus.

1. Currency unit in Middle Eastern countries B2 formal

   A fractional monetary unit used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, typically equal to 1/100 of a pound.

   • The price of the souvenir was only a few piasters.
   • He exchanged his dollars for Egyptian pounds and piasters.
   • The old coin was worth 25 piasters.

   🇫🇷Piastre (unité monétaire)

   Synonymes: piastre

2. Former Turkish currency unit B2 formal

   A former monetary unit in Turkey, equal to 1/100 of a lira (also known as kuruş).

   • In the past, one lira was divided into 100 piasters.
   • The antique shop sold a coin for 50 piasters.
   • He found a 10-piaster coin from the Ottoman era.

   🇫🇷Piastre ottomane

   Synonymes: kuruspiastre

• piasters plural form
• piasters' possessive plural form
• piaster's possessive singular form