peine

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

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:

  (file)

• 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. psychological pain, sorrow
3. effort, trouble

Usage notes

• Use douleur for physical pain.

Derived terms

• à chaque jour suffit sa peine
• à grand-peine
• à peine
• âme en peine
• faire de la peine
• faire peine à voir
• ne pas être au bout de ses peines
• peine capitale
• peine de cœur
• peine de mort
• peine perdue
• prendre la peine
• valoir la peine

 

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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/ [ˈpei̯.ne]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eine
• Syllabification: pei‧ne

Etymology 1

A typical plastic comb

Inherited from Old Spanish peyne, from Latin pectinem.

Noun

peine m (plural peines)

1. comb

   Synonyms: peineta, peinilla

Derived terms

• peinado
• peinar
• peine de Venus
• peine navaja
• peineta
• peinilla

 

Related terms

• cepillo

 

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28