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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drach•ma (drak′mə, dräk′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mas, -mae (-mē).USA pronunciation - Currencya cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta. Abbr.: dr., drch.
- Currencythe principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
- Weights and Measuresa small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
- Weights and Measuresany of various modern weights, esp. a dram.
Also, drachm. - Greek drachmé̄, probably equivalent. to drach- base of drássesthai to grasp + -mē noun, nominal suffix (hence literally, handful)
- Latin
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: drachma /ˈdrækmə/ n ( pl -mas, -mae / -miː/)- the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002
- US
another name for dram - a silver coin of ancient Greece
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, from Greek drakhmē a handful, from drassesthai to seize |