Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pence

/pɛns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: pence
IPA: /pɛns/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).

name

name

American usage

Example Sentences

"The death of anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly on Monday brought commiserations from the GOP ticket. Donald Trump tweeted that she was “truly great.” Mike Pence called her “the First Lady of the Conservative Movement.” Pence wasn’t exaggerating."
"But he [Mike Pence]’s no Trump in any sense. […] The base respects Pence and his loyal service, but he just does not have the covfefe that the base needs and wants in 2024."

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 14th century contraction of penies (“pennies”), collective plural of penny.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Pentz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɛns/
British English: /pɛns/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Pences (plural)

Derived Forms

eighteenpence eightpence elevenpence fifteenpence fivepence fourpence fourteenpence ninepence nineteenpence penceless sevenpence seventeenpence

Rhymes With

sense defense self-defense defence self-defence intense hence offense expense fence dense tense

Questions

How do you pronounce pence?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɛns/.
What does pence mean?: plural of penny (the subunit of the pound sterling or Irish pound).
Where does pence come from?: It is traced to German.

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