eightpence

1. 1.

   a coin worth eight pennies

   Broadercoin

Other forms of eightpence

plural

eightpences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eightpence

What does eightpence mean?

eightpence means "a coin worth eight pennies".

How many syllables are in eightpence?

eightpence has 2 syllables and divides as eight-pence under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.