ha'penny

1. 1.

   an English coin worth half a penny

   Synonymshalfpenny

   Broadercoin

Questions about ha'penny

What does ha'penny mean?

ha'penny means "an English coin worth half a penny".

How many syllables are in ha'penny?

ha'penny has 3 syllables: ha'-pen-ny. The stress falls on "ha'".

What is another word for ha'penny?

Close synonyms include halfpenny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ha'penny a common word?

ha'penny is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.