Penny

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 kein französisches Wort , 🇪🇸 no es una palabra francesa , 🇮🇹 non è una parola francese , 🇵🇹 não é uma palavra francesa , 🇨🇳 便士 , 🇯🇵 フランス語の単語ではない , 🇰🇷 프랑스어 단어가 아니다. , 🇸🇦 ليس كلمة فرنسية , 🇮🇳 फ्रेंच शब्द नहीं है

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Etymology

The noun **penny** entered English in the 14th–15th centuries from Old French *penné*, a small coin. The French term itself comes from Latin *pennia*, a minor silver coin used in early medieval Italy, which likely derives from the Greek *pēnia* or from a root meaning “to weigh” that underscored the coin’s small weight. In English the word eventually became the generic name for a coin worth one‑twelfth of a shilling (and later a 1/100 £).

Synonyms

sou centime un cent pièce de centime petit sou sou de cuivre sou de la petite monnaie

Antonyms

billet pièce de grande valeur trésor or somme