soldo

American  

[sol-doh, sawl-daw] / ˈsɒl doʊ, ˈsɔl dɔ /

noun

• soldi
  plural

1. a former copper coin of Italy, the twentieth part of a lira, equal to five centesimi.

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soldo British  

/ ˈsɒldəʊ, ˈsoldo /

noun

1. a former Italian copper coin worth one twentieth of a lira

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• soldi
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of soldo

1590–1600; < Italian < Latin solidum; see sol ²

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

soldo soldi

"Say positively, I beg you, and throw the traditional soldo in the fountain."

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Ossip Schubin

"Signore," he answered, "he wants you to give him a soldo to go and buy you a cigar with."

From Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" by Various

Kenwick, taking his cue from the Colonel, had mischievously carried out the principle, by presenting a soldo to each one of the assembly having the slightest pretence to comeliness.

From A Venetian June by Anna Fuller

Most costermongers call a penny a saltee, from soldo; a crown, a caroon; and one half, madza, from mezza. 

From The Gypsies by Charles Godfrey Leland

Woman," Tritemius answered, "from our door None go unfed; hence are we always poor; A single soldo is our only store.

From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various

No one could go about at night without a light, and a fine of forty soldi was incurred by gambling anywhere except in the piazza.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

The "lira" of the first of these systems is derived from the "libra" of Charlemagne, and, like it, was divided into 20 soldi, each soldo being subdivided into 12 denari.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

And she told us, also, of another good woman, who had brought her a very heavy bunch of flowers, inside of which there was a little hoard of soldi.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood

The members of the fourth class came, and the soldi showered down.

From Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal by Isabel Florence Hapgood

The precedent evil and the remedy applied by this recoinage may be thus illustrated:— By law— Fiorino d'oro = 29 soldi.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

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