pence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɛns/ (stressed)
- /pəns/ (in-compounds, unstressed)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peniesder. English pence 14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.
Meanings
-
(form-of, plural) plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).
form of penny
Deriveds
fourteenpence · fourpence · sevenpence · thruppence · thirteenpence · twelvepence · nineteenpence · ninepence · seventeenpence · twopence · twentypence · threepence · fifteenpence · elevenpence · eighteenpence · penceless · sixteenpence · tuppence · sixpence · tenpence · fivepence · eightpence