czerwoniec
//t͡ʂɛrˈvɔ.ɲɛt͡s//
Polishnoun
Definitions
- 1.chervonets (any of several former currencies of Russia: applied to various foreign gold coins prior to the reign of Peter I of Russia, then to a Russian gold coin of 1701-1757, and finally to a 1922 currency of the Soviet Union)
- 2.decade in a gulag (sentence of ten years of hard labor in Soviet labor camps)
- 3.redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)
- 4.colloquialRed złoty (gold coin with an international circulation)
- 5.colloquialderogatoryred (communist)
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
From czerwony + -iec. First attested in 1802.