"penal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpiːnəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-penal.wav
Rhymes: -iːnəl Etymology: From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|peinal}} Old French peinal, {{der|en|ML.|penalis}} Medieval Latin penalis, {{der|en|la|poenalis}} Latin poenalis, {{der|en|grc|ποινή||punishment}} Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷoynéh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷey-}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} penal (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to punishment. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to punishment): جَزَائِيّ (jazāʔiyy) (Arabic), عِقَابِيّ (ʕiqābiyy) (Arabic), ка́рны (kárny) (Belarusian), штрафны́ (štrafný) (Belarusian), наказа́телен (nakazátelen) (Bulgarian), 刑罰的 (Chinese Mandarin), 刑罚的 (xíngfá de) (Chinese Mandarin), 刑事的 (xíngshì de) (Chinese Mandarin), pønal (Danish), straffe- (Danish), prizona (Esperanto), puna (Esperanto), rangaistus- (Finnish), pénal (French), strafrechtlich (German), 刑罰の (keibatsu no) (alt: けいばつの) (Japanese), 刑事上の (keijijō no) (alt: けいじじょうの) (Japanese), 형벌의 (hyeongbeorui) (Korean), karny (Polish), penal (Portuguese), кара́тельный (karátelʹnyj) (Russian), штрафно́й (štrafnój) (Russian), каторжный (katoržnyj) (Russian), ка́рний (kárnyj) (Ukrainian), штрафни́й (štrafnýj) (Ukrainian), кара́льний (karálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-penal-en-adj-VZLQgFG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 40 33 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 39 33 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 35 35 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to punishment': 69 20 12 0
  2. Subject to punishment; punishable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-penal-en-adj--U4bj8G1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 40 33 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 39 33 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 35 35 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 27 41 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 42 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 29 40 29 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 41 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 41 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 41 28 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 42 29 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 43 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 27 41 28 4
  3. Serving as a place of punishment. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-penal-en-adj-zEJPKHjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 40 33 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 39 33 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 26 35 35 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 38 32 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 36 31 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 38 32 0
  4. Exorbitant. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-penal-en-adj-TNLIn589
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pænal [archaic, hypercorrect], pænall [hypercorrect, obsolete], penall [obsolete], pœnal [archaic], pœnall [obsolete] Derived forms: penal code, penal colony, penal law, penally, penal notice, penal officer, penal populism, penal rosary, penal substitution Related terms: penality [rare], penalize, penalty

Alternative forms

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    "Rhymes:English/iːnəl/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "penal code"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal colony"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal law"
    },
    {
      "word": "penally"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal notice"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal officer"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal populism"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal rosary"
    },
    {
      "word": "penal substitution"
    }
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "peinal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French peinal",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "penalis"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin penalis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "poenalis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin poenalis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ποινή",
        "4": "",
        "5": "punishment"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷoynéh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kʷey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "penal (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "penality"
    },
    {
      "word": "penalize"
    },
    {
      "word": "penalty"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "penal servitude",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or relating to punishment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a penal offence",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Subject to punishment; punishable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "punishable",
          "punishable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a penal colony",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Serving as a place of punishment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a penal rate of interest.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Exorbitant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Exorbitant",
          "exorbitant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiːnəl/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːnəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "penile stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "hypercorrect"
      ],
      "word": "pænal"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "hypercorrect",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pænall"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "penall"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "pœnal"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "pœnall"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jazāʔiyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "جَزَائِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕiqābiyy",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "عِقَابِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kárny",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "ка́рны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "štrafný",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "штрафны́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakazátelen",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "наказа́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "刑罰的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngfá de",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "刑罚的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshì de",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "刑事的"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "pønal"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "straffe-"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "prizona"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "puna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "rangaistus-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "pénal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "strafrechtlich"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいばつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibatsu no",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "刑罰の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けいじじょうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keijijō no",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "刑事上の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyeongbeorui",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "형벌의"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "karny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "penal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "karátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "кара́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štrafnój",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "штрафно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "katoržnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "каторжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kárnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "ка́рний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "štrafnýj",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "штрафни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "karálʹnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to punishment",
      "word": "кара́льний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penal"
}

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