French crown
/frɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/Now historical
noun
1An English name for: the écu, a French gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries, with a value of four English shillings.
- The name continued to be used of the silver écu of the late 16th cent., which retained the same denominational value..
2Used punningly: the baldness caused by syphilis.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From French + crown, so called to distinguish it from the coin of the same name minted in England.
- emancipist
- emasculate
- emasculation
- emasculator
- emasculatory
- embalm
- embalmer
- embalmment
- embank
- embankment
- embaras de richesse
- embaras de richesses
- embargo
- embark
- embarkation
- embarras de choix
- embarras de richesse
- embarras de richesses
- embarrass
- embarrassed
- embarrassedly
- embarrassing
- embarrassingly
- embarrassment
- embassage