Ääntäminen
GA:
- RP:
- pin-pen:
- In compounds like twopenny:
- dated:
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | penique, fierro |
| hollanti | penny, stuiver |
| italia | soldo, soldarello, soldino, centesimo |
| japani | ペニー (penī) |
| kreikka | πέννα (pénna) |
| portugali | pêni, péni, tostão |
| ranska | penny |
| ruotsi | pengar, penny, penning |
| saksa | Penny |
| suomi | punnan sadasosa, penny, vähäarvoinen tai fyysisesti pieni kolikko, penni, killinki |
| tanska | hvid |
| turkki | peni |
| tšekki | cent, penny |
| unkari | penny |
| venäjä | пенни (penni), пенс (pens), грош (groš) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
- In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
- (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
- In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
- In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
- A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
- Money in general.
Verbi
- (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
- (electronics) To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.
- (Oxbridge slang) During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge.
Esimerkit
- Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
- to turn an honest penny
- What penny hath Rome borne, / What men provided, what munition sent?
- Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.
Taivutusmuodot
(historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
1911 Australian Penny Reverse.
In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
1971—1981 – Arnold Machin – Bronze – 20.3 mm – 3.56g.
In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
South African Penny 1929
Money in general.
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