Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pennie

/pˈɛni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-nie
IPA: /pˈɛni/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Obsolete form of penny.

Obsolete

Etymology

Variant of Penny.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Pennies (plural) pence (plural) pens (plural)

Homonyms

penney

Rhymes With

any many penny jenny benny denny lenny jennie antennae rennie kenney penney

Questions

How do you pronounce pennie?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɛni/.
What does pennie mean?: A surname.
Where does pennie come from?: Variant of Penny.

How to pronounce pennie

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