écu

See also: ecu, ECU, and Ecu.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French écu. Doublet of scutum and escudo, scudo, scute.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /eɪˈkuː/

Noun

écu (plural écus)

(historical) A silver coin formerly used in France, with varying values.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 260:
  The court joined in the enthusiasm, and following frequent stagings at Versailles, the king awarded de Belloy a thousand écus and a golden medallion.

Related terms

cardecue

Translations

obsolete French unit of currency

French: écu (fr) m
Italian: scudo (it) m

Spanish: escudo (es) m

Anagrams

'cue, CUE, Cue, UCE, cue

French

Etymology

From Old French escut, inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (“to cover, protect”) or Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /e.ky/
Audio (file)
Homophone: écus

Noun

écu m (plural écus)

shield
(historical) écu

Derived terms

écusson

Descendants

→ English: écu

Further reading

“écu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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