guinea
Spanish, noun/ɡiˈnea/
guinea is spelled G-U-I-N-E-A (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guinea is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “guinea (British gold coin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of guineo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moneda de oro que se acuñaba en Inglaterra, la cual tenía un valor de 21 chelines”.
What does guinea mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguinea (British gold coin)
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of guineo
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of guineo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Moneda de oro que se acuñaba en Inglaterra, la cual tenía un valor de 21 chelines.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of guinea
- guineas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce guinea?
- /ɡiˈnea/
- [ɡiˈne.a]
- [giˈnea]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to guinea
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is guinea in Spanish?
guinea appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).