Rather than ‘money’ ‘la monnaie’ is actually ‘small\/loose change’. The French for ‘money’ is ‘l’argent (nm)’. So ‘un porte-monnaie’ would literally be ‘a carry-change’ and is ‘a purse’.<\/p>\n
Expressions using ‘monnaie’ : \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00e9mettre\/retirer une monnaie : to issue\/withdraw a coin; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 vous n’avez pas de monnaie ? : don’t you have any change\/anything smaller?; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 faire de la monnaie : to get (some) change; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 elle m’a rendu la monnaie sur 50 euros : she gave me change from 50 euros; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 passez la monnaie ! let’s have the money! Cough up, everybody!; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 l’h\u00f4tel des monnaies : the Mint; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 c’est monnaie courante : it’s a commonplace occurence; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 rendre \u00e0 quelqu’un la monnaie de sa pi\u00e8ce : to repay somebody in kind; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 otages qui servent de monnaie d’\u00e9change : hostages who are used as bargaining chips; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 payer quelqu’un en monnaie de singe (monkey): to fob somebody off with empty promises; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 la monnaie unique : single currency; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 avoir la porte-monnaie bien garni : to be well-off; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 une monnaie-de-pape : honesty (the flower).<\/p>\n
‘Un monnayeur’ is ‘a change machine’ and ‘a cash dispenser’<\/em> is ‘un distributeur (automatique) de billets’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rather than ‘money’ ‘la monnaie’ is actually ‘small\/loose change’. The French for ‘money’ is ‘l’argent (nm)’. So ‘un porte-monnaie’ would literally be ‘a carry-change’ and is ‘a purse’. Expressions using ‘monnaie’ : \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00e9mettre\/retirer une monnaie : to … Continue reading