"specie" meaning in English

See specie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specie.wav
Rhymes: -iːʃi, -iːsi Etymology: Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|speciē}} Latin speciē Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} specie (uncountable)
  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-specie-en-noun-vDYnPsvN
  2. Money in the form of coins made from precious metal that has an intrinsic value; coinage. Tags: uncountable Translations (money): монети (moneti) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), espècie [feminine] (Catalan), specie [common-gender] (Danish), raha (Finnish), argid meainey [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-specie-en-noun-oAcuvH-n Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Manx translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 30 42 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 58 22 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 15 70 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 5 5 6 4 21 3 0 2 14 17 3 3 16 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 4 3 23 2 0 1 16 18 2 2 18 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'money': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: specie point Related terms: sub specie aeterni, payment in kind Translations (classification): specio (Esperanto), speco (Esperanto)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'classification': 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specie.wav Forms: species [plural]
Rhymes: -iːʃi, -iːsi Etymology: Back-formation from species (plural), the final “s” being misinterpreted as a plural ending. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|species}} Back-formation from species, {{qualifier|plural}} (plural) Head templates: {{en-noun}} specie (plural species)
  1. (proscribed) singular of species Tags: form-of, proscribed, singular Form of: species
    Sense id: en-specie-en-noun-zxNkZguF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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