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penny
penny (a British coin, one hundredth of a pound sterling) /ˈpe.ni/
noun#3042 most common
Also: one-hundredth of a pound sterling, British copper coin
Example sentences
Un penny este o monedă mică.
A penny is a small coin.
Am un penny în buzunar.
I have a penny in my pocket.
Timbrul acesta costă cincizeci de penny.
This stamp costs fifty pence.
O liră sterlină are o sută de penny.
One pound sterling has one hundred pence.
Am găsit un penny vechi din 1967 într-un sertar.
I found an old penny from 1967 in a drawer.
Expresia englezească „a penny for your thoughts” arată cât de simbolică este valoarea unui penny.
The English expression "a penny for your thoughts" shows how symbolic the value of a penny is.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | penny | penny |
| Genitive | penny | penny |
| Accusative | penny | penny |
| Vocative | penny | penny |
Word family
penceirregular English plural of penny, sometimes kept untranslated in Romanian financial texts
penny stockborrowed financial term for a very cheap, speculative stock, used in Romanian business press
halfpennyhistorical British coin worth half a penny, occasionally mentioned in Romanian texts about UK currency history
Etymology
The Romanian word is a direct, unadapted loan from English penny, used only to name the British subunit of currency worth one hundredth of a pound. English penny descends from Old English pening or penig, a word shared across the old Germanic languages. Its origin beyond common Germanic is not established with confidence. Romanian has no native cognate for it and uses its own word, ban, for its own currency's subunit.
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