"specie" meaning in English

See specie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specie.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -iːʃi, -iːsi Etymology: Originally in the phrase in specie; from Latin speciē, ablative singular of species. Compare payment in kind. Etymology templates: {{m|en|in specie}} in specie, {{uder|en|la|speciē}} Latin speciē, {{m|la|species}} species, {{m|en|payment in kind}} payment in kind 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 (classification): specio (Esperanto), speco (Esperanto) 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 Disambiguation of English back-formations: 10 80 10 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 82 9 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 10 81 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'classification': 3 97 Disambiguation of 'money': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: specie point Related terms: sub specie aeterni, payment in kind
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈspiːʃi/, /ˈspiːsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-specie.wav [Southern-England] 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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