threepence
English
/ˈθɹʌpəns/, /ˈθɹiːpɛns/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).
- (countable) A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old old pence.
Etymology
Compound from English three + English pence.
Origin
English
pence
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Three Amigos English
- Threefish English
- Threeness English
- eighteenpence English
- eightpence English
- elevenpence English
- fifteenpence English
- fivepence English
- fourpence English
- fourteenpence English
- ninepence English
- nineteenpence English
- pence English
- sevenpence English
- seventeenpence English
- sixpence English
- sixteenpence English
- tenpence English
- thirteenpence English
- thirty English
- three English
- three-fisted English
- three-headed English
- three-pointer English
- three-tiered English
- threefin English
- threefold English
- threeish English
- threeling English
- threeness English
- threepenny English
- threeplex English
- threescore English
- threeside English
- threesies English
- threesome English
- threeteen English
- threeth English
- threeway English
- twelvepence English
- twentypence English
- twopence English
- trēs Latin
- drie Dutch, Flemish
- trois French
- пенс Russian
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- スリー Japanese
- thre Middle English
- tri Esperanto
- 便士 Chinese
- tri Tok Pisin
- tri Fanagalo
- tri Torres Strait Creole
- tri Nigerian Pidgin
- tri Samoan Plantation Pidgin
- pence
- three
- thirty
- threeth
- threefin
- threeish
- sixpence
- twopence
- threeway
- tenpence
- threefold
- fourpence
- threesies
- Threefish
- threeling
- Threeness
- ninepence
- fivepence
- threeside
- threeplex
- threeteen
- threesome
- threeness
- sevenpence
- threescore
- eightpence
- threepenny
- twentypence
- elevenpence
- twelvepence
- three-tiered
- sixteenpence
- three-fisted
- Three Amigos
- fifteenpence
- three-headed
- nineteenpence
- thirteenpence
- three-pointer
- eighteenpence
- fourteenpence
- seventeenpence