penyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 peniġ, a form of penning, from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.

The plural pens possibly originates in collocations such as six penies which were pronounced as a unit with stress (largely) on the first element (/ˈsikspɛni(ː)s/, /ˈsikspɛni(ː)z/), making the unstressed final vowel especially vulnerable to syncope due to its distance from the stress.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɛniː/
• IPA: /ˈpaniː/ (especially East Saxon or West Midland)

名詞

peny (plural penies or pens or (early Southern and Southwest Midlands) panewes)

1. A penny or other silver coin (including ancient coins)
2. The weight corresponding to that coin.
3. Money or coinage (especially that with little value).
4. (in compounds) A tax, fee, or charge.

関連する語

派生した語

• English: penny (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: penny
  • Scots: penny

参照

• “penī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 February 2018.