pence
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (UK, Ireland) IPA(key): /pɛns/ (stressed), IPA(key): /pəns/ (unstressed and in compounds)
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛns
NounEdit
pence
- plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).
Usage notesEdit
- This is the collective plural, used when referring to a sum of money, as in These apples are twenty pence each. When referring to several coins each worth one penny, the correct plural is pennies, as in I have one tenpence coin and three pennies.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Arabic: بِنْس (bins)
- → Chinese:
- Mandarin: 便士 (biànshì)
- → Esperanto: penco
- → Hindi: पेन्स pl (pens)
- → Marathi: पेन्स pl (pensa)
- → Norwegian:
- → Russian: пенс (pens)
- → Uyghur: پەنس (pens)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pence m