peng

See also: Peng, péng, pèng, Péng, pēng, pěng, and peng-

English

Adjective

peng (comparative penger, superlative pengest)

  1. (slang, Britain) physically or sexually attractive
    Synonyms: fit, hot
    • 2016, Gunna Grimes (lyrics), “DPMO”, in #FingsOnThings, performed by 86:
      I link for the peng, then I go link for the mud / I just stepped on the ends, sideman don't give me no spud

Albanian

Etymology

Nasalized form *pank'-u, from Proto-Albanian *pangi that results the final umlauted form peng. Possibly a derivative of mpij (cf. brej > breng, faj > fengem etc). Cognate to Old English fang. Alternatively from Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular pengu, definite plural pengjet)

  1. mortgage, guarantee, guaranty
  2. hostage, pledge
  3. obstacle, hindrance, hurdle
  4. ransom
  5. (chess) pawn
Derived terms
  • pengë

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) stem +‎ -g (“frequentative suffix”). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: peng

Verb

peng

  1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
  2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pěng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛŋɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

peng m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

  1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛŋ/
  • audio(file)

Noun

peng c

  1. a coin
  2. (mostly in plural) money
    Du ska få en peng när du fyller
    You'll get money for your birthday
    Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester
    Graduates get no money for vacation
    Pengarna eller livet!
    The money or your life!

Usage notes

  • The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Declension

Declension of peng 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative peng pengen pengar pengarna
Genitive pengs pengens pengars pengarnas

Synonyms

coin
money
coin
  • guldpeng
  • pengapung
  • pengapåse
money

References

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