penique
Spanish, noun/peˈnike/
penique is spelled P-E-N-I-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penique is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “penny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Unidad monetaria británica, equivalente a una centésima parte de la libra esterlina desde 1971, y a la…”.
What does penique mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepenny
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad monetaria británica, equivalente a una centésima parte de la libra esterlina desde 1971, y a la doceava parte de un chelín antes de esa fecha. 2. Moneda de un centavo de dólar en Estados Unidos o Canadá. 3. Antigua unidad monetaria de Alemania, equivalente a la centésima parte de un marco. 4. Unidad monetaria de Bosnia y Herzegovina, equivalente a la centésima parte de un marco.
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 penique
- peniques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penique?
- /peˈnike/
- [peˈni.ke]
- [peˈnike]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penique in Spanish?
penique appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).