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# sequin

noun (sequin, sequins)

«sequin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sequin is a small, flat, shiny disc sewn onto clothes to sparkle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/#m1)
2. (old use) A sequin is a gold coin, as in fairy tales about treasure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, treasure of gold coins, often hidden in the ground; in clothes, a shiny spot that sparkles

### Examples

- Our father left us each a thousand sequins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/#x1)
- She placed a purse full of sequins in the old woman's hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/#x2)
- I dug up the three thousand sequins I had buried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/#x3)

### Note

each sequin counts as one coin or one disc, so a count of sequins is an ordinary count of single pieces

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sequin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sequin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sequin.html) on Mova free.