"Pence" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /pɛns/ [UK, US] Forms: Pences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Pentz}} German Pentz Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Pence (plural Pences)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Pence-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname.
    (US politics) Used specifically of Mike Pence
    Tags: US
    Sense id: en-Pence-en-name-73ggk4cN Categories (other): English surnames, US politics, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (surname): Փենս (Pʻens) (Armenian), 彭斯 (Péngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), ペンス (Pensu) (Japanese), 펜스 (Penseu) (Korean), Пенс (Pɛns) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'surname': 50 50

Noun [German]

Audio: De-Pence.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Head templates: {{head|de|noun form|g=m}} Pence m
  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Penny Tags: accusative, form-of, genitive, masculine, nominative, plural Form of: Penny
    Sense id: en-Pence-de-noun-XiW-4eZn Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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