penny
French, noun/pɛ.ni/
penny is spelled P-E-N-N-Y (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 21,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penny is a French masculine noun meaning “penny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de monnaie au Royaume-Uni, qui a la valeur d’un centième d’une livre depuis la réforme monétaire de…”.
What does penny mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepenny
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pièce de monnaie au Royaume-Uni, qui a la valeur d’un centième d’une livre depuis la réforme monétaire de 1971, et qui avait la valeur d’un douzième d’un shilling, soit 1/240 d’une livre. 2. Valeur de cette pièce. 3. Pièce de monnaie du cent, qui a la valeur d’un centième d’un dollar.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of penny
- pennys plural
- pennies plural
- pence plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penny?
- /pɛ.ni/
- /pe.ni/
- \pɛ.ni\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penny
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penny in French?
penny appears 1.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).