"halfpenny" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪp(ə)ni/, /ˈhɑːfˌpɛni/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From the Middle English halpeni, either from the late-Old English halpenige or from half + peni. By surface analysis, half + penny and continually reinforced by it. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|halpeni|halpeni}} Middle English halpeni, {{der|en|ang|halpenige}} Old English halpenige, {{compound|enm|half|peni|alt2=peni|nocat=yes}} half + peni, {{surf|en|half|penny}} By surface analysis, half + penny Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} halfpenny (not comparable)
  1. Costing or worth one halfpenny. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-halfpenny-en-adj-0InssK8e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halfepeny, halfepenie, halfepenye, halfpeny, halfpenie, halfpenye (english: all obsolete except halfpenny), halpeny (alt: with the first element reduced to hal-, ha’, or ha-), halpenye, hapeney, ha’penny, hapenny, happenny (english: all obsolete except ha’penny), hawpny (alt: with the first element corrupted to haw-) [dialectal, obsolete] Synonyms (with the first element, half, preserved): halfepenny Disambiguation of 'with the first element, half, preserved': 45 42 13

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈheɪp(ə)ni/, /ˈhɑːfˌpɛni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: halfpennies [plural], halfpence [plural]
Etymology: From the Middle English halpeni, either from the late-Old English halpenige or from half + peni. By surface analysis, half + penny and continually reinforced by it. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|halpeni|halpeni}} Middle English halpeni, {{der|en|ang|halpenige}} Old English halpenige, {{compound|enm|half|peni|alt2=peni|nocat=yes}} half + peni, {{surf|en|half|penny}} By surface analysis, half + penny Head templates: {{en-noun|+|halfpence}} halfpenny (plural halfpennies or halfpence)
  1. (plural: halfpennies) (historical) A discontinued British coin worth half of one penny (old or new). Tags: plural Synonyms (decimal abbreviation): ½p ½d (english: pre-decimalisation abbreviation) Translations (British coin worth half of one penny): demi-penny [masculine] (French), leathphingin [feminine] (Irish), hēpene (Maori), półpensówka [feminine] (Polish), dimai [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-halfpenny-en-noun-d8O~TQhB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 70 16 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant alt parameters: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of 'decimal abbreviation': 46 36 18 Disambiguation of 'British coin worth half of one penny': 82 18
  2. (plural: halfpence) A quantity of money worth half a penny. Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-halfpenny-en-noun-3aJ-sEcb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halfepeny, halfepenie, halfepenye, halfpeny, halfpenie, halfpenye (english: all obsolete except halfpenny), halpeny (alt: with the first element reduced to hal-, ha’, or ha-), halpenye, hapeney, ha’penny, hapenny, happenny (english: all obsolete except ha’penny), hawpny (alt: with the first element corrupted to haw-) [dialectal, obsolete] Synonyms (with the first element, half, preserved): halfepenny Disambiguation of 'with the first element, half, preserved': 45 42 13 Derived forms: bord halfpenny, halfpenny farthing, halfpenny of gold, halfpenny under the hat, have one’s hand on another halfpenny, have one’s heart on one’s halfpenny, not a halfpenny the worse, penny halfpenny, a, shove halfpenny, three halfpence, twopenny-halfpenny

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Middle English halpeni, either from the late-Old English halpenige or from half + peni. By surface analysis, half + penny and continually reinforced by it.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "halfpenny (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Costing or worth one halfpenny."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈheɪp(ə)ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɑːfˌpɛni/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "with the first element, half, preserved",
      "word": "halfepenny"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfepeny"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfepenie"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfepenye"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfpeny"
    },
    {
      "word": "halfpenie"
    },
    {
      "english": "all obsolete except halfpenny",
      "word": "halfpenye"
    },
    {
      "alt": "with the first element reduced to hal-, ha’, or ha-",
      "word": "halpeny"
    },
    {
      "word": "halpenye"
    },
    {
      "word": "hapeney"
    },
    {
      "word": "ha’penny"
    },
    {
      "word": "hapenny"
    },
    {
      "english": "all obsolete except ha’penny",
      "word": "happenny"
    },
    {
      "alt": "with the first element corrupted to haw-",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "hawpny"
    },
    {
      "english": "pre-decimalisation abbreviation",
      "sense": "decimal abbreviation",
      "word": "½p ½d"
    }
  ],
  "word": "halfpenny"
}

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