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- [pen-ee]
- /ˈpɛn i/
- /ˈpen.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pen-ee]
- /ˈpɛn i/
Definitions of pennies word
- noun pennies a female given name, form of Penelope. 1
- noun plural pennies a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent. 1
- noun plural pennies Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbreviation: p. 1
- noun plural pennies a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d. 1
- noun plural pennies a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned. 1
- noun plural pennies the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. 1
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Origin of pennies
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English peni, Old English penig, pænig, pen(n)ing, pending, cognate with Old Frisian penning, panning, Old Saxon, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, phantinc, phenting (German Pfennig), Old Norse penningr (perhaps < OE); < West Germanic or Germanic *pandingaz, probably equivalent to *pand- pawn2 + *-ingaz -ing3
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Parts of speech for Pennies
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pennies popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pennies usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pennies
noun pennies
- change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- copper — Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- dime — a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- cents — a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- coppers — Plural form of copper.
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