Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elevenpence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eleven-pence
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the value of eleven old pennies

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Now the dealer was a young man, who did not know the ways of Castellybryn, and he was aware that the first dealer was a big buyer and a cunning bargainer; so he purchased the butter for elevenpence farthing a pound, being a farthing a pound above the market price of that day."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībaną Proto-Germanic *-lif Proto-Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun Old English endleofan Middle English elleven English eleven Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peniesder. English pence English elevenpence From eleven + pence.

Usage

Inflected Forms

elevenpences (plural)

Questions

What does elevenpence mean?: the value of eleven old pennies
Where does elevenpence come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Indo-European *leyp- Proto-Germanic *lībaną Proto-Germanic *-lif Proto-Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalif Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun Old English endleofan Middle English elleven English eleven Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old English peniġ Middle English peniesder. English pence English elevenpence From eleven + pence.

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