From en.wiktionary.org:
[Sterling]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
Possibly from [en], from [ang] and [ang], in reference to the stars that
appeared on certain English pennies. Alternatively, the first element may be
[ang], meaning “strong” or “stout” (compare the etymology of [en]).
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A silver penny.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | editor=Charles G. Herbermann; et al. | year=1911 | title=The Catholic Encyclopedia | volume=11 | page=155 | url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015024854427&seq=185 |
|passage=In England STERLINGS and nobles were struck, both of them often
counterfeited.}}
1. The currency of the United Kingdom , based on the pound sterling .
2. * [chapter=Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?]
3. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness : for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1793 | author=Stephen Martin Leake | title=An Historical Account of English Money from the Conquest to the Present Time
|passage= STERLING was the known and approved standard in England, in all
probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.}}
1. Sterling silver , or articles made from this material.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
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[former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
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[sterling silver, or articles made from this material]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
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**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
2. [en] Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
3. Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality ; authoritative .
4. * [en]
5. * {{ quote-journal
|en |date=December 13, 2014 |author=Mandeep Sanghera |title=Burnley 1-0
Southampton |work=BBC Sport |url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30357668
|page= |passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to
prove to their critics there was substance to their STERLING start to the
season.}}
1. Genuine ; true ; pure ; of great value or excellence .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1861 | author=Anthony Trollope | title=Framley Parsonage
|passage=I have said that Mr. Crawley was a stern, unpleasant man; and it
certainly was so. The man must be made of very STERLING stuff, whom continued
and undeserved misfortune does not make unpleasant.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=January 31 2016 | title=Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem? | titleurl=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/huma-abedin-hillary-clinton-adviser | journal=Vanity Fair | accessdate=21 January 2016
|passage=But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator
Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions. It is
disappointing that the senator and his staff continue to focus a politically
motivated campaign on Ms. Abedin, who has been known her entire professional
life for hard work, integrity, and her STERLING reputation. It is people like
Ms. Abedin whom we should all want in public service.”}}
1. * [en]
***** Translations
[of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Galician: [gl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
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[of, relating to, or made from sterling silver]
- Catalan: [ca]
[trans-bottom]
[high quality]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
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*** Etymology 2
[en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1927 | author=Henry Williamson | title=Tarka the Otter
|passage=The bubbles ended in another swirl by a weed-fringed STERLING, and a
delicate swift water-arrow shot away between the two piers of the middle arch
[...]}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Polish
*** Etymology
[pl], from [pl], [enm], [enm], [enm].
*** Pronunciation
[a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Poemat-sterling.wav]
*** Noun
[m-anml]
1. [pl]
**** Declension
[pl-decl-noun-m-anml]
**** Derived terms
[pl]
*** Further reading
- [R:pl:PWN]
[pl]