penique

Spanish

Etymology

Usually derived somehow from Old English penning (Corominas suggests "through Low Latin or French"[1]), but borrowing from Middle Dutch pennig, variant of penning, is also possible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈnike/ [peˈni.ke]
  • Rhymes: -ike
  • Syllabification: pe‧ni‧que

Noun

penique m (plural peniques)

  1. penny

References

  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “penique”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 476

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