specie

Questions about specie

What does specie mean?

specie means "coins collectively".

How many syllables are in specie?

specie has 2 syllables and divides as spe-cie 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.

What is another word for specie?

Close synonyms include coinage, mintage, metal money. 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 specie a common word?

specie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.