penni

English

Etymology

Finnish penni. Doublet of penny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛni/
• Homophone: penny

Noun

penni (plural pennis or pennia)

1. (historical) A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
   • 1980, Nagel Publishers, Finland, page 271:

     The Finnish monetary unit is the Finnish mark or markka (Fmk), which is divided into 100 pennis (p).

Anagrams

• Penin, pen in

Estonian

Noun

penni

1. 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/,
• Rhymes: -enːi
• Syllabification^(key): pen‧ni

Noun

penni

1. 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

Usage notes

In Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “penni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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)

1. a pen

Declension

Derived terms

• blekpenni
• fjaðurpenni
• kúlupenni
• pennavinur

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English penny.

Noun

penni m (plural pennis)

1. (Guernsey) penny