| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | é·cu |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -ky  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. é·cus ( -ky)
Any of various old French coins, especially a silver five-franc piece. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French escu, from Latin sc tum, shield (from the shield stamped on the coin). See skei- in Appendix I.
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