When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Dutch guilder - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_guilder

    The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.

  3. Florin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin

    The back of an Italian florin coin Florin from the Środa treasure. The Florentine florin was a gold coin (in Italian Fiorino d'oro) struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time.

  4. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_French_words...

    a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [35] louche

  5. Gulden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulden

    Gulden is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German guldin [pfenni(n)c] "golden penny" and Middle Dutch guldijn florijn "golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder. Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to:

  6. Walloon name - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walloon_name

    Flemish / French origin (The Motte in Dutch, From the Motte in French [2]) For French family names among the Walloons and other francophones of Belgium, see French name . The twenty most common French surnames in Belgium are respectively Dubois , Lambert , Dupont , Martin , Dumont , Leroy , Leclercq , Simon , Laurent , François , Denis ...

  7. Google Translate - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Translate

    Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [ 12 ]

  8. Golden Calf (award) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Calf_(award)

    The Golden Calf (Dutch: Gouden Kalf) is the award of the Netherlands Film Festival, which is held annually in Utrecht.The award has been presented since 1981, originally in six categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Culture Prize and Honourable mention.

  9. Le Ton beau de Marot - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ton_beau_de_Marot

    Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language is a 1997 book by Douglas Hofstadter in which he explores the meaning, strengths, failings and beauty of translation. The book is a long and detailed examination of translations of a minor French poem and, through that, an examination of the mysteries of translation (and indeed more ...