Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Swedish unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the krona.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A modern unit of value in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, the hundredth part of the crown (Danish krone, Swedish krona), and worth about one fourth of a United States cent; also, the coin corresponding to it.
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- noun A
Swedish unit ofcurrency that makes up thekrona , 100 öre equals one krona. - noun Common misspelling of
øre .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Swedish, from Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus, gold coin, from aurum, gold.]
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From Swedish öre, from Latin aureus ("a Roman coin; golden")
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