pain
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinê, “bloodmoney, were-gild, fine, price paid, penalty”). Compare German Pein, Dutch pijn, Afrikaans pyn.
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Noun [edit]
pain (countable and uncountable; plural pains)
- (countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
- The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.
- I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
- (uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress; sadness; grief; solicitude; disquietude.
- In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
- The pain of departure was difficult to bear.
- (countable) An annoying person or thing.
- Your mother is a right pain.
- (uncountable) (obsolete) Suffering seen as a punishment or penalty.
- You may not leave this room on pain of death.
- Interpose, on pain of my displeasure. — Dryden
- We will, by way of mulct or pain, lay it upon him. — Bacon
Usage notes [edit]
- Adjectives often used with "pain": mild, moderate, severe, intense, excruciating, debilitating, acute, chronic, sharp, dull, burning, steady, throbbing, stabbing, spasmodic, etc.
Synonyms [edit]
- (an annoying person or thing): pest
- See also Wikisaurus:pain
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Translations [edit]
ache or bodily suffering
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suffering or anguish, especially mental
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annoying person or thing
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suffering as punishment
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Verb [edit]
pain (third-person singular simple present pains, present participle paining, simple past and past participle pained)
- (transitive) To hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture.
- The wound pained him.
- (transitive) To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
- It pains me to say that I must let you go.
- (transitive) (obsolete) To inflict suffering upon as a penalty; to punish.
Translations [edit]
to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish
to render uneasy in mind, to grieve
to inflict suffering upon as a penalty
References [edit]
- pain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- pain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- pain at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
pain
- Genitive singular form of pai.
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French pain, Latin panis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).
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Noun [edit]
pain m (plural pains)
- bread
- piece of bread
- Same kind of bread as a baguette, but bigger in size.
- (informal) punch (a hit with the fist)
- a block (of ice)
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Terms derived from "pain"
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French pain, Latin panis, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to feed, to graze”).
Noun [edit]
pain m (plural pains)
Derived terms [edit]
- pain d'êpice (“gingerbread”)
- p'tit pain (“roll”)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin panis.
Noun [edit]
pain m (oblique plural pains, nominative singular pains, nominative plural pain)
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