sesterce
French, noun\sɛs.tɛʁs\
sesterce is spelled S-E-S-T-E-R-C-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sesterce is a French masculine noun meaning “sestertius (Roman coin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monnaie romaine dont la valeur fluctua de deux as et demi à quatre as. Petite pièce d’argent durant la…”.
What does sesterce mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesestertius (Roman coin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monnaie romaine dont la valeur fluctua de deux as et demi à quatre as. Petite pièce d’argent durant la République, le sesterce devient une grosse pièce de laiton (ou orichalque) sous l’Empire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sesterce
- sesterces plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sesterce?
- \sɛs.tɛʁs\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sesterce
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sesterce in French?
sesterce appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).