Definitions for ECU

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ECU é·cu

Spelling: [ey-kyoo; French ey-ky]

IPA: /eɪˈkyu; French eɪˈkü/

Ecu is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in ECU (ceu).

Definitions for ECU

noun

1. the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
2. any of various gold and silver coins of France, issued from the 13th through the 18th centuries, bearing the figure of a shield.
3. a former money of account of the European Common Market that was used in international finance until the euro was adopted and was based on the combined prorated values of the currencies of member nations.

Origin of ECU

1695-1705; French; Old Frenchescu Latinscūtum shield

Examples for ECU

From ecu you have ecuyer;—from scutum scutiger, both passing into our English squire.

In which sport she was so taken up with her hands, that she forgot to cheat, and Denys won an "ecu au soleil" of her.

They drank their coffees, gave an ecu to the proprietor, and went out.