wampum in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wampum in the English»French Dictionary

wampum [Brit ˈwɒmpəm, Am ˈwɑmpəm] N

1. wampum (beads):

wampum

wampum m

2. wampum Am (money):

wampum inf, hum

fric m inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This shows a linguistic memory of a time when at least certain earpieces were considered to be wampum.

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Women artisans traditionally made wampum beads by rounding small pieces of the shells of whelks, then piercing them with a hole before stringing them.

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