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scellino

shilling

noun shel-LEE-noh Rare
Numbers & Measures Money

Origin: From English 'shilling'.

Usage Note

Scellino is the Italian name for the shilling, historically the British coin worth one-twentieth of a pound, and also used for the Austrian Schilling (scellino austriaco) before the euro. The plural is regular: gli scellini. In modern use it appears mainly in historical or literary contexts, or when discussing currencies of East African countries (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) that still use the shilling.

Examples

"Il prezzo era di venti scellini."

Natural Translation

The price was twenty shillings.

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