cryptocurrencies
- 1Plural of cryptocurrency.
Several cryptocurrencies lost a third of their value during last month's market slump.
Regulators are still deciding how to tax profits from cryptocurrencies.
Note
The plural belongs only to the countable use, where each cryptocurrency is a distinct system with its own coins. The base noun also works as a mass noun, so investing in cryptocurrency treats the whole field as one thing, while several cryptocurrencies counts separate ones. The spelling follows currency itself: a final -y after a consonant becomes -ies.
cryptocurrencies is a form of cryptocurrency
cryptocurrency, noun: A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually with no central authority that issues or regulates it. Full entry
- Forms
- cryptocurrencycryptocurrencies plural
- Spelling
- cryptocurrency → cryptocurrencies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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