pengon.

Brit.

/ˈpɛŋɡəʊ/,

/ˈpɛŋəː/, U.S.

/ˈpɛŋɡoʊ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, pengos, pengoes.

Forms: 1900s– pengo, 1900s– pengö, 1900s– pengő. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Hungarian. Etymon: Hungarian pengő.

Etymology: < Hungarian pengő (1925 in this sense), use as noun of pengő ringing, jingling (1783 or earlier; 1808 designating silver, as opposed to paper, money) < peng to ring, jingle + -ő, suffix forming adjectives. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) gives the supposedly non-naturalized pronunciation (pe·ŋgȫ) /ˈpɛŋɡøː/, although in Hungarian the g is part of the velar nasal and is not separately sounded.

Now historical.

The former principal monetary unit of Hungary, proposed in 1925 and in use from 1926 to 1946 (when it was replaced by the forint), consisting of 100 filler.

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1925 Times 19 Oct. 11/6 The sum of 12,500 paper crowns..has been chosen as the new Hungarian currency unit. The name of the unit will either be Pengö, an old Hungarian word for florin, or Turul, an eagle.

1926 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 12/2 To-day the new Hungarian currency, the pengo, is quoted for the first time.

1930 Observer 23 Feb. 11/2 He earns twenty pengo a week.

1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 383 Pengos in aluminium and fillers in steel formed the wartime issues of Hungary.

1982 S. Conran Lace iii. xiv. 176 Before the 1939 war, every Hungarian restaurant..had to feature on its menu a meal for one pengö; that's one Swiss franc.

2002 A. Phillips Prague i. iv. 20 He wants to know if you'll pay in dollars or pengő.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pengo
释义	pengon. Brit. /ˈpɛŋɡəʊ/, /ˈpɛŋəː/, U.S. /ˈpɛŋɡoʊ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, pengos, pengoes. Forms: 1900s– pengo, 1900s– pengö, 1900s– pengő. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Hungarian. Etymon: Hungarian pengő. Etymology: < Hungarian pengő (1925 in this sense), use as noun of pengő ringing, jingling (1783 or earlier; 1808 designating silver, as opposed to paper, money) < peng to ring, jingle + -ő, suffix forming adjectives. O.E.D. Suppl. (1933) gives the supposedly non-naturalized pronunciation (pe·ŋgȫ) /ˈpɛŋɡøː/, although in Hungarian the g is part of the velar nasal and is not separately sounded. Now historical. The former principal monetary unit of Hungary, proposed in 1925 and in use from 1926 to 1946 (when it was replaced by the forint), consisting of 100 filler. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > specific East European stotinka1892 lev1902 zloty1915 koruna1920 haler1922 lat1923 pengo1925 korona1926 lek1927 forint1946 1925 Times 19 Oct. 11/6 The sum of 12,500 paper crowns..has been chosen as the new Hungarian currency unit. The name of the unit will either be Pengö, an old Hungarian word for florin, or Turul, an eagle. 1926 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 12/2 To-day the new Hungarian currency, the pengo, is quoted for the first time. 1930 Observer 23 Feb. 11/2 He earns twenty pengo a week. 1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 383 Pengos in aluminium and fillers in steel formed the wartime issues of Hungary. 1982 S. Conran Lace iii. xiv. 176 Before the 1939 war, every Hungarian restaurant..had to feature on its menu a meal for one pengö; that's one Swiss franc. 2002 A. Phillips Prague i. iv. 20 He wants to know if you'll pay in dollars or pengő. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1925
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