penni
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɛni/
Homophone: penny
=== Noun ===
penni (plural pennis or pennia)
(historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth 1⁄100 of the markka.
=== Anagrams ===
Penin, pen in
== Estonian ==
=== Noun ===
penni
illative singular of peni
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860 as a shortened form of penninki. Possibly inspired by English penny.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpenːi/, [ˈpe̞nːi]
Rhymes: -enːi
Syllabification(key): pen‧ni
Hyphenation(key): pen‧ni
=== Noun ===
penni
One hundredth of a markka, the Finnish currency until the introduction of euro in 2002.
viisikymmentä penniä ― fifty pennies
penni ajatuksistasi ― a penny for your thoughts
penny, pfennig (one hundredth of various currencies, especially former currencies in Europe)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“penni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
nepin, penin, pinne
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin penna (“feather”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpʰɛnːɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛnːɪ
=== Noun ===
penni m (genitive singular penna, nominative plural pennar)
a pen
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
blekpenni
fjaðurpenni
kúlupenni
pennavinur
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English penny.
=== Noun ===
penni m (plural pennis)
(Guernsey) penny