peine

Meaning

Noun

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

Adv

barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine

Concepts

pain

penalty

grief

sorrow

trouble

punishment

effort

distress

sentence

ache

sadness

suffering

anguish

agony

exertion

labour

time

attempt

endeavour

labor

annoyance

hardship

toil

retribution

soreness

vexation

mal

affliction

regret

discipline

reprimand

pains

woe

hassle

nuisance

aching

working

gyp

death penalty

pathos

condolence

lament

sympathy

hardships

troubles

judgement

judgment

deploring

sigh

endeavor

great effort

problem

worry

lamentation

manual labor

manual labour

work

disappointment

pity

unhappiness

fine

forfeit

heartache

burden

need

preoccupation

trial

complaint

tribulation

ail

elbow grease

sweat

travail

difficulty

penalisation

penalization

pain sensation

painful sensation

bother

fuss

painfulness

hurt

pain in the neck

disorder

upset

excruciation

prison term

ruth

troubled

unpleasantness

labor '' ''

dolor

penthos

teen

torment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛn/

Etymology

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

Sentences

Ce n’était pas beaucoup la peine de mettre là un lion .

It wasn't much use to put a lion there.

Considérés comme déserteurs , les évadés deviennent en outre passibles de la peine de mort .

Considered deserters, escapees also become liable to the death penalty.

Un demi-siècle à peine les spéarait l'un de l'autre.

Barely half a century spearheaded them to each other.