dirham

plural irregular

A noun referring to a unit of currency used in several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Qatar, with varying subdivisions depending on the country.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a unidade monetária usada em vários países, incluindo Emirados Árabes Unidos, Marrocos e Catar, com subdivisões que variam conforme o país.

1. Currency of the United Arab Emirates B1 formal

   The basic monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, subdivided into 100 fils.

   • The hotel room costs 500 dirhams per night.
   • He exchanged his dollars for Emirati dirhams at the airport.
   • The price of gold is listed in dirhams per gram.

   🇵🇹Dirham

2. Currency of Morocco B1 formal

   The basic monetary unit of Morocco, subdivided into 100 centimes.

   • She paid 20 dirhams for a fresh orange juice in Marrakech.
   • The taxi fare from the airport to the city center is about 150 dirhams.
   • Moroccan dirhams are not widely traded outside the country.

   🇵🇹Moeda do Marrocos

3. Subunit of other currencies B2 formal

   A unit of currency equal to one tenth of a dinar in Kuwait, or one hundredth of a dinar in Libya and Tunisia, and also used in Qatar where 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal.

   • The price of bread in Tunisia is often just a few dirhams.
   • In Libya, 100 dirhams make up one dinar.
   • The Kuwaiti dinar is divided into 1,000 fils, but the dirham is worth one tenth of a dinar.

   🇵🇹Dirrã

• dirhams plural form
• dirhams' possessive plural form
• dirham's possessive singular form