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chervonets

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(chər vō′nits, -nets; Russ. chyi vô′nyits)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cher•vo•nets  (chər vō′nits, -nets; Russ. chyir vô′nyits),USA pronunciation n., pl. -von•tsi 
    (-vōnt′sē; Russ. -vôn′tsi).USA pronunciation 
  1. 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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