Definition
Plural of halfpenny; multiple coins worth half a penny in old British currency.
Etymology
From 'half' + 'pence' (Old English 'pening'). This plural forms directly from halfpenny but uses a different vowel sound due to historical sound changes in English, creating a pronunciation-spelling mismatch.
Kelly Says
Halfpence is a linguistic fossil—the spelling and pronunciation diverged because 'pence' evolved differently than expected. Words like this are why English spelling seems chaotic; they capture historical sound shifts that happened centuries ago in pronunciation.
Translations
ARالعربية
نصف بنس
nafs ben-s
BNবাংলা
আধা পেন্স
aadha pe-ns
CSČeština
polovinka penisu
po-lo-vin-ka pe-ni-su
DADansk
halvpenninger
halv-pen-ni-ger
DEDeutsch
halbpfennig
halp-fen-nig
ELΕλληνικά
μισό φένι
mi-so fe-ni
ESEspañol
mediopeniques
me-dee-o-peh-nee-kes
FISuomi
puolipenniä
puoli-pen-ni-ä
FRFrançais
demi-pennies
duh-mee-pə-nē
GUGU
આધા પૈસા
aadha pai-sa
HAHA
kashi kobo
ka-shi ko-bo
HEעברית
חצי פני
chatzi pe-ni
HIहिन्दी
आधा पेंस
aadha pehns
HUMagyar
félpénz
fe-lpénz
IDBahasa Indonesia
setengah sen
se-tan-gah sen
ITItaliano
mezzi pence
mezzi pen-che
KKKK
жартылай тиім
jartylai ti-ym
MRMR
आधा पैसे
aadha paise
MSBahasa Melayu
separuh sen
se-pa-ruh sen
MYမြန်မာ
ပုံတစ်ပုံ
po-ngit-po-ng
NLNederlands
halfpenningen
halp-pen-ni-gen
NONorsk
halvpenninger
halv-pen-ni-ger
PAPA
ਅੱਧਾ ਪૈਸਾ
aadha pais-a
PLPolski
półpensów
wul-pen-sow
PTPortuguês
meio-peniques
may-oh-peh-nee-kes
RORomână
jumătate de peni
ju-ma-ta-te de pe-ni
RUРусский
полупенса
polupen-sa
SVSvenska
halvpenningar
halv-pen-nar
SWKiswahili
nusu senti
nusu sen-ti
TAதமிழ்
அரை சென்ட்
ara sen-t
TEతెలుగు
ఆరవై పెన్ను
aara-vai pen-nu
THไทย
ครึ่งเพนนี
krung pen-nee
TLTL
kalahating sentimo
ka-la-ha-ting sen-ti-mo
TRTürkçe
yarım peni
yarim peh-ni
UKУкраїнська
півпенса
piv-pen-sa
URاردو
آدھے پیسہ
aadhe peesa
VITiếng Việt
nửa xu
nua xu