peine

See also: Peine, peiné, péine, and -péine

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French peine, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin poena, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Doublet of pain.

Noun

peine (countable and uncountable, plural peines)

1. (law) Pain or punishment.

Usage notes

This is only used in common law legal contexts, as part of Law French, most often in the phrase peine forte et dure (“strong and hard pain”).

Derived terms

• peine forte et dure

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Asturian

Noun

peine m (plural peines)

1. Alternative form of peñe

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

From Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”).

Noun

peine f (plural peines)

1. pain
2. effort, trouble
3. sorrow

Derived terms

• peine de mort
• valoir la peine

Etymology 2

From Latin paene (“almost”); compare Italian appena, Spanish apenas, Catalan a penes

Adverb

peine

1. barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine

Further reading

• “peine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• épine, épiné

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Old French

Alternative forms

• paine
• painne
• poinne

Etymology

From Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ).

Noun

peine oblique singular, f (oblique plural peines, nominative singular peine, nominative plural peines)

1. pain; suffering

Synonyms

• dolor

Descendants

• English: pain (borrowing)
• French: peine

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish peyne, from Latin pecten, pectinem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeine/ [ˈpei̯.ne]

Noun

peine m (plural peines)

1. comb

Synonyms

• peinilla f

Derived terms

• peinado
• peinar
• peineta
• peinilla

Verb

peine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of peinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of peinar.