peine

English

Etymology

From Old French peine, from Latin poena, from 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

Asturian

Noun

peine m (plural peines)

1. Alternative form of peñe

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

peine f (plural peines)

1. punishment
2. pain
3. effort, trouble
4. sorrow

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited 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 , 2012.

Anagrams

• épine, épiné

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

• French: peine
• → English: pain

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeine/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eine
• Syllabification: pei‧ne

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

peine

Wikipedia ^es

Inherited from Old Spanish peyne, from Latin pectinem.

Noun

peine m (plural peines)

1. comb

   Synonyms: peineta, peinilla

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

peine

1. inflection of peinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “peine”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014