penniless

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (not-comparable) Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
  2. (not-comparable) Abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, via rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).

Traduccions

senza un soldo

ohne Geld

ohne einen Pfennig

απένταρος

άφραγκος

Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈpɛ.nɪ.ləs/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).

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