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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

파딩

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pading

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Farthing/ˈfɑːr.ðɪŋ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"파딩은 영국의 옛날 동전 단위입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A former British coin worth one quarter of an old penny.

    "He didn't possess a single farthing to buy bread with."
  2. 2

    A very small amount or thing.

    "It does not matter one farthing to the final outcome."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English 'féorðing', meaning 'a fourth part', originating from 'fēorða' (fourth). Historically, it designated a coin worth one-fourth of a penny, minted from the Anglo-Saxon era until it was demonetized in 1960.

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