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English

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Etymology

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From Guinea, the early modern name for West Africa, the coins originally being made of gold from the region, mostly from the 'Gold Coast' (modern Ghana) and used for African trade, and the guinea fowl being found there.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “the slur”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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guinea (plural guineas)

  1. (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.
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      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...
    • 1962 June, “New Reading on Railways: Locomotives of British Railways, by H. C. Casserley & L. Asher, Spring Books, 21s.”, in Modern Railways, page 432:
      However, since there are 488 pages in all for a bargain price of a guinea one must not be too carping.
  2. Synonym of guinea fowl
    • 1944, Emily Carr, “Brooding and Homing”, in The House of All Sorts[1]:
      The guineas peeped complainingly, the goslings waddled into all the puddles and came back to chill my skin.
  3. (US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
    • 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
      If I’m to tell the whole truth—and why not? I sure have the time!—I’ll have to start by saying I was born Richard Pinzetti, in New York’s Little Italy. My father was an Old World guinea.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Arabic: جُنَيْه (junayh)
  • Egyptian Arabic: جنيه (ginēh)
  • Irish: gine
  • Scottish Gaelic: gini
  • Spanish: guinea
  • Welsh: gini

Translations

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References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English guinea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡineɑ/, [ˈɡine̞ɑ̝]

Noun

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guinea

  1. guinea (British gold coin)

Declension

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Inflection of guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of guinea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative guineani guineani
accusative nom. guineani guineani
gen. guineani
genitive guineani guineoideni
guineoitteni
guineaini rare
partitive guineaani guineoitani
inessive guineassani guineoissani
elative guineastani guineoistani
illative guineaani guineoihini
adessive guineallani guineoillani
ablative guinealtani guineoiltani
allative guinealleni guineoilleni
essive guineanani guineoinani
translative guineakseni guineoikseni
abessive guineattani guineoittani
instructive
comitative guineoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative guineasi guineasi
accusative nom. guineasi guineasi
gen. guineasi
genitive guineasi guineoidesi
guineoittesi
guineaisi rare
partitive guineaasi guineoitasi
inessive guineassasi guineoissasi
elative guineastasi guineoistasi
illative guineaasi guineoihisi
adessive guineallasi guineoillasi
ablative guinealtasi guineoiltasi
allative guineallesi guineoillesi
essive guineanasi guineoinasi
translative guineaksesi guineoiksesi
abessive guineattasi guineoittasi
instructive
comitative guineoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative guineamme guineamme
accusative nom. guineamme guineamme
gen. guineamme
genitive guineamme guineoidemme
guineoittemme
guineaimme rare
partitive guineaamme guineoitamme
inessive guineassamme guineoissamme
elative guineastamme guineoistamme
illative guineaamme guineoihimme
adessive guineallamme guineoillamme
ablative guinealtamme guineoiltamme
allative guineallemme guineoillemme
essive guineanamme guineoinamme
translative guineaksemme guineoiksemme
abessive guineattamme guineoittamme
instructive
comitative guineoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative guineanne guineanne
accusative nom. guineanne guineanne
gen. guineanne
genitive guineanne guineoidenne
guineoittenne
guineainne rare
partitive guineaanne guineoitanne
inessive guineassanne guineoissanne
elative guineastanne guineoistanne
illative guineaanne guineoihinne
adessive guineallanne guineoillanne
ablative guinealtanne guineoiltanne
allative guineallenne guineoillenne
essive guineananne guineoinanne
translative guineaksenne guineoiksenne
abessive guineattanne guineoittanne
instructive
comitative guineoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative guineansa guineansa
accusative nom. guineansa guineansa
gen. guineansa
genitive guineansa guineoidensa
guineoittensa
guineainsa rare
partitive guineaansa guineoitaan
guineoitansa
inessive guineassaan
guineassansa
guineoissaan
guineoissansa
elative guineastaan
guineastansa
guineoistaan
guineoistansa
illative guineaansa guineoihinsa
adessive guineallaan
guineallansa
guineoillaan
guineoillansa
ablative guinealtaan
guinealtansa
guineoiltaan
guineoiltansa
allative guinealleen
guineallensa
guineoilleen
guineoillensa
essive guineanaan
guineanansa
guineoinaan
guineoinansa
translative guineakseen
guineaksensa
guineoikseen
guineoiksensa
abessive guineattaan
guineattansa
guineoittaan
guineoittansa
instructive
comitative guineoineen
guineoinensa

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡiˈnea/ [ɡiˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: gui‧ne‧a

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English guinea.

Noun

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guinea f (plural guineas)

  1. guinea (British gold coin)

Etymology 2

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See guineo.

Noun

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guinea f (plural guineas)

  1. female equivalent of guineo

Adjective

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guinea

  1. feminine singular of guineo

Further reading

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