farthing

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• UK: /ˈfɑː(ɹ).ðɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)ðɪŋ
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From Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorþing, fēorþung (“a quarter, fourth part, farthing”), from fēorþa (“fourth”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), probably influenced by Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”). Equivalent to fourth + -ing; compare English riding (“third part”).

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: фартинг (farting) — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Czech: čtvrtpenny — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Esperanto: duonpenco — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• French: farthing — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Greek: φαρδίνι (fardíni) — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Māori: pārenga — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Māori: pātene — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Russian: фа́ртинг (fárting) — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Yoruba: ọ̀níní — former British unit of currency worth one-quarter of an old penny
• Czech: vindra — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Czech: flok — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Czech: grešle — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• German: Groschen — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• German: Heller — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• German: Pfifferling — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• German: Pfennig — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Hungarian: fillér — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Hungarian: fitying — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Hungarian: fabatka — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount
• Hungarian: lyukas garas — a very small quantity or value; the least possible amount