ninepence
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A former British silver coin, worth nine old old pennies.
- (obsolete) Nine old pennies.
- (obsolete) A Spanish real, valued at twelve and a half cents.
Etymology
Compound from English nine + English pence.
Origin
English
pence
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cat-o'-nine-tails English
- eighteenpence English
- eightpence English
- elevenpence English
- fifteenpence English
- fivepence English
- fourpence English
- fourteenpence English
- nine English
- ninebark English
- ninefold English
- nineish English
- nineling English
- nineness English
- ninepenny English
- ninepin English
- nineplex English
- niner English
- ninescore English
- ninesies English
- ninesome English
- nineteenpence English
- ninety English
- pence English
- sevenpence English
- seventeenpence English
- sixpence English
- sixteenpence English
- tenpence English
- thirteenpence English
- threepence English
- twelvepence English
- twentypence English
- twopence English
- neun German
- пенс Russian
- ナイン Japanese
- nyne Middle English
- non Ido
- 便士 Chinese
- nain Tok Pisin
- naen Bislama
- nine
- pence
- niner
- ninety
- ninepin
- nineish
- ninesies
- nineness
- nineplex
- sixpence
- twopence
- nineling
- ninesome
- ninebark
- tenpence
- ninefold
- ninescore
- fourpence
- ninepenny
- fivepence
- sevenpence
- eightpence
- threepence
- twentypence
- elevenpence
- twelvepence
- sixteenpence
- fifteenpence
- nineteenpence
- eighteenpence
- thirteenpence
- fourteenpence
- seventeenpence
- cat-o'-nine-tails