shilling C2 Topic:Money & Finance Also spelled shillin’s US /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ UK /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like chilling /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/ Freq #17570 Meanings 1 noun an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound The fare cost two shillings. 2 noun a former monetary unit in Great Britain The fare cost two shillings. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a former monetary unit in... bob Word family Forms shillings Derived forms shillinglessshillingsworthshillingworth Related forms schillingskillingsolidus Etymology AI details From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. schilling Middle English sċilling Old English *skillingaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shilling **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 17570 ## Meanings 1. an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound 2. a former monetary unit in Great Britain ## Examples - The fare cost two shillings. - The fare cost two shillings. ## Synonyms - bob ## Derived Forms - shillingless - shillingsworth - shillingworth ## Related Forms - schilling - skilling - solidus ## Roots and Affixes - Root: schilling - Root: sċilling - Root: *skillingaz ## Etymology From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. ## AI Etymology shilling is a noun meaning an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound. From Middle English schilling, shilling, from Old English sċilling, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, equivalent to skill + -ing. Doublet of scalding and schilling. ## Topics - Money & Finance markdown