peine

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

peine (countable and uncountable, plural peines)

1. (law) Pain or punishment.

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”).

• peine forte et dure

peine m (plural peines)

1. Alternative form of peñe

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/

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

peine f (plural peines)

1. pain
2. effort, trouble
3. sorrow

• peine de mort
• valoir la peine

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

peine

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

• “peine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• épine, épiné

• paine
• painne
• poinne

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

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

1. pain; suffering

• dolor

• English: pain (borrowing)
• French: peine

From Old Spanish peyne, from Latin pecten, pectinem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeine/, [ˈpei̯ne]

peine m (plural peines)

1. comb

• peinilla f

• peinado
• peinar
• peineta
• peinilla

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.