"The change purse contains coins."
Translation:Le porte-monnaie contient des pièces.
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Maybe it's because I'm in my forties, but I don't find it unusual. People don't really carry a lot of cash anymore, so maybe change purses have gone out of fashion?
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Also in my forties, also surprised anyone thinks this is an unusual word.
The suggestions give pièce as a translation for change,but then reject it for pièces de monnaie!
Brianary....we actually said and say "change purse"...of course in my very old generation : )) AND I am now using one as the zipper broke in the change section of my wallet AND a lot of people still pay for things in cash and recieve coins back....of course not for cars, boats, houses in cash : ))
Coin purse can be used to carry change for bus tickets. It works better than a pocket even today.
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This is my question too - I got marked wrong for putting "pièces" and not "pièce de monnaies". I thought the context disambiguated.
At least two dictionaries document "change purse": Macmilan English Dictionary and Merriam Webster's Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. And we have several people who confirm it.
