"halfpence" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪ.pəns/
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} halfpence
  1. plural of halfpenny Tags: form-of, plural Form of: halfpenny Synonyms (with the first element, half, preserved): halfe-pence
    Sense id: en-halfpence-en-noun-bcA8gZdw Categories (other): English miscellaneous irregular plurals, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'with the first element, half, preserved': 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-pence [obsolete], halpenns (alt: with the first element reduced to hal-), halpens [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪ.pəns/ Forms: halfpences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} halfpence (plural halfpences)
  1. A halfpenny. Derived forms: three halfpence
    Sense id: en-halfpence-en-noun-07LzdGyj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half-pence [obsolete], halpenns (alt: with the first element reduced to hal-), halpens [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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