guinea
See also: Guinea
English
Etymology
From Guinea, the country in West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there.
Pronunciation
Noun
guinea (plural guineas)
- (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
- (British, historical) A gold coin originally worth twenty shillings; later (from 1717 until the adoption of decimal currency) standardised at a value of twenty-one shillings.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges, and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moidores and sequins, the pictures of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange Oriental pieces stamped with what looked like wisps of string or bits of spider's web, round pieces and square pieces, and pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your neck—nearly every variety of money in the world must, I think, have found a place in that collection...
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Synonym of guinea fowl
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Brooding and Homing,” [1]
- The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Brooding and Homing,” [1]
Synonyms
Translations
person of Italian descent — see wop
coin worth 21 shillings
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Finnish
Noun
guinea
- guinea (British gold coin)
Declension
Inflection of guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | guinea | guineat | |
genitive | guinean | guineoiden guineoitten | |
partitive | guineaa | guineoita | |
illative | guineaan | guineoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | guinea | guineat | |
accusative | nom. | guinea | guineat |
gen. | guinean | ||
genitive | guinean | guineoiden guineoitten guineain rare | |
partitive | guineaa | guineoita | |
inessive | guineassa | guineoissa | |
elative | guineasta | guineoista | |
illative | guineaan | guineoihin | |
adessive | guinealla | guineoilla | |
ablative | guinealta | guineoilta | |
allative | guinealle | guineoille | |
essive | guineana | guineoina | |
translative | guineaksi | guineoiksi | |
abessive | guineatta | guineoitta | |
instructive | — | guineoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
guinea f (plural guineas)
- guinea (British gold coin)
Etymology 2
See guineo.
Noun
guinea f (plural guineas)
- (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of guineo
Adjective
guinea
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective guineo.
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