"peine" meaning in French

See peine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /pɛn/ Audio: Fr-peine.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Inherited from Latin paene (“almost”); compare Italian appena, Spanish apenas, Catalan a penes. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|paene||almost|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin paene (“almost”), {{inh+|fr|la|paene||almost}} Inherited from Latin paene (“almost”), {{cog|it|appena}} Italian appena, {{cog|es|apenas}} Spanish apenas, {{cog|ca|a penes}} Catalan a penes Head templates: {{fr-adv}} peine
  1. barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine
    Sense id: en-peine-fr-adv-2fa1UIJI Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 8 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /pɛn/ Audio: Fr-peine.ogg Forms: peines [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: Inherited from Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|peine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French peine, {{inh+|fr|fro|peine}} Inherited from Old French peine, {{inh|fr|la|poena}} Latin poena, {{der|fr|grc|ποινή||penalty, fine, bloodmoney}} Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} peine f (plural peines)
  1. punishment Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-peine-fr-noun-b7d48KWB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 8 33
  2. psychological pain, sorrow Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-peine-fr-noun-LzbU0vP~ Disambiguation of Torture: 16 12 55 18
  3. effort, trouble Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-peine-fr-noun-9wnnyb5y Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 34 8 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 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

Inflected forms

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