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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cher•vo•nets (chər vō′nits, -nets; Russ. chyir vô′nyits),USA pronunciation n., pl. -von•tsi (-vōnt′sē; Russ. -vôn′tsi).USA pronunciation - a former gold coin and monetary unit of the U.S.S.R., equal to ten rubles.
Also, tchervonetz. - Slavic *čṛvljen, origin, originally past participle of *čṛviti to dye red, derivative of *čṛvĭ worm, kermes (Serbo-Croatian cr̂v, Polish czerw, Russian cherv’), a by-form of *čṛmĭ; compare Old Church Slavonic chrĭmĭnù red; see crimson, vermilion
- Polish czerwony a gold coin, literally, red (apparently because gold of a high purity was thought to have a reddish cast), cognate with Czech červený, Serbo-Croatian cr̀ven, cr̀(v)ljen, Bulgarian chervén
- Russian chervónets, Old Russian chervon(n)yi a similar gold coin
- 1920–25
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