DRACHMA (drachmae)

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Irregular inflected form: drachmae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does drachma mean? 

• DRACHMA (noun)
  The noun DRACHMA has 2 senses:

1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

2. formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

  Familiarity information: DRACHMA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRACHMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

drachm; drachma; dram

Hypernyms ("drachma" is a kind of...):

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "drachma"):

scruple (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains)

Holonyms ("drachma" is a part of...):

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

drachma; Greek drachma

Hypernyms ("drachma" is a kind of...):

Greek monetary unit (monetary unit in Greece)

Meronyms (parts of "drachma"):

lepton (100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece)