Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

megapenny

/ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: me-ga-pen-ny
IPA: /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A million cents. ($10,000)

Humorous

noun

An indefinite amount of money, implied to be large.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Or megapenny ($10,000) and nanoacre (for measuring chip sizes)."
"If I could, there would probably be dozens of large software corporations banging on my door, offering 20 megapennies a year, company cars, ..."
"In addition, [the computer] should not cost more than one “Megapenny” ($10,000 at the time)."
"A megapenny for your thoughts, please."
"Not a penny, but megapennies!!! ...."
"... without resorting to shelling out megapennies."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- 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 peny English penny English megapenny From mega- + penny.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

megapennies (plural)

Rhymes With

any many penny bad penny pretty penny kenny jenny benny kilkenny henny letterkenny genny

Questions

How do you pronounce megapenny?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛ.ɡəˌpɛ.ni/.
What does megapenny mean?: A million cents. ($10,000)
Where does megapenny come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- 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 peny English penny English megapenny From mega- + penny.

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