Definition
Worth or costing four pennies; relating to the fourpence coin or denomination in historical British currency.
Etymology
From 'fourpence' plus the adjectival suffix -y, creating an adjective meaning 'of or relating to four pennies.' The term was used to describe items priced at this amount or coins of this denomination.
Kelly Says
There was actually a famous 'fourpenny nail'—a standard size of nail used in construction that cost fourpence, and builders would order nails by their penny denomination rather than their length, so you had to know that a fourpenny nail was about 2 inches long.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አራት ሰንት
ara-t sen-t
ARالعربية
أربعة قروش
arba'a qurush
BNবাংলা
চার পয়সা
chaar po-ysa
CACatalà
quatre pènics
katr pe-nics
CSČeština
čtyři peníze
cht-y-ri pe-ni-ze
DADansk
fire pence
fire pents
DEDeutsch
vier Pence
fyer pents
ELΕλληνικά
τέσσερα λεπτά
tes-se-ra le-pta
ESEspañol
cuatro peniques
kwah-tro pe-nee-kes
FAفارسی
چهار دینار
che-har di-nar
FISuomi
neljä penniä
nel-jä pen-ni-ä
FRFrançais
quatre sous
katr soo
GUGU
ચાર પૈસા
chaar pai-sa
HEעברית
ארבעה פני
ar-ba-ah pe-ni
HIहिन्दी
चार पैसे
chaar pa-se
HUMagyar
négy penny
nay penny
IDBahasa Indonesia
empat sen
em-pat sen
ITItaliano
quattro pence
kwah-tro pents
KKKK
төрт теңге
to-rt te-nge
MSBahasa Melayu
empat sen
em-pat sen
MYမြန်မာ
လက်လကျော်
let la-kyaw
NLNederlands
vier penny's
feer pen-ee's
NONorsk
fire pence
fire pents
PAPA
ਚਾਰ ਪૈਸੇ
chaar pai-se
PLPolski
cztery penice
che-try pe-ni-tse
PTPortuguês
quatro peniques
kwah-tro pe-nee-kes
RORomână
patru bani
pa-tru ba-ni
RUРусский
четыре пенса
chet-y-re pen-sa
SVSvenska
fyra penningar
fy-ra pen-ni-ar
SWKiswahili
nne shillings
nne shi-lings
TAதமிழ்
நான்கு சென்
naan-kuu sen
TEతెలుగు
네 పైసలు
ne pai-salu
THไทย
สี่เพนนี
see pen-nee
TLTL
apat sentimo
a-pat sen-ti-mo
TRTürkçe
dört kuruş
dort ku-rush
UKУкраїнська
чотири пенси
cho-ty-ri pen-si
URاردو
چار آنے
chaar aane
VITiếng Việt
bốn xu
bon xu