drachms

Meaning of drachms

plural noun
  1. a unit of weight formerly used by apothecaries, equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce.
  2. an ancient silver coin based on the Attic or Hellenistic drachma.

late Middle English (denoting the ancient Greek drachma): from Old French dragme or late Latin dragma, via Latin from Greek drakhmē (see drachma).

Information about drachms

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of drachms is: drachm.
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Hyphenation of drachms

drachms

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • drachms is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with drachms

didrachms, tetradrachms

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