drachma — meaning in English

English meaning

drachm noun A small unit of weight: one sixteenth of an avoirdupois ounce (1.77 g, symbol ℨ or ʒ); one eighth of an apothecary ounce (3.89 g); a variant spelling of dirhem, a former Turkish weight of 1.5–3.5 g; or a variant spelling of drachma, a former Greek weight of about 4.3 g.
drachma noun Greece's currency in antiquity and again between 1832 and 2001, denoted by the symbol ₯, later succeeded by the euro.
dram noun A small measure or drink of liquor, especially whisky.

drachma is used for these senses in English:

drachm (pharmacy) One eighth (1⁄8) of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ).
dram (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now, _, particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.

noun A small unit of weight: one sixteenth of an avoirdupois ounce (1.77 g, symbol ℨ or ʒ); one eighth of an apothecary ounce (3.89 g); a variant spelling of dirhem, a former Turkish weight of 1.5–3.5 g; or a variant spelling of drachma, a former Greek weight of about 4.3 g.
noun A unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of an avoirdupois ounce, about 1.77 grams, symbol ʒ.
noun A unit of weight used in old pharmacy measures, equal to one eighth of an ounce, about 3.89 grams.

noun Greece's currency in antiquity and again between 1832 and 2001, denoted by the symbol ₯, later succeeded by the euro.
noun A coin with a value of one drachma.
noun A unit of weight used in ancient Greece, equal to about 4.3 grams.
noun A more recent Greek unit of weight equal to one gram.