à peine

Meaning

barely, scarcely, hardly

Concepts

barely

hardly

scarcely

just

only just

scarce

no sooner

only

remotely

scantily

thinly

weakly

with difficulty

at a premium

small quantity

as soon as

uneath

at the same time

harshly

little

merely

no more than

Synonyms

guère

difficilement

dès que

justement

mais

médiocrement

peu

peu de

pratiquement

presque

seulement

un peu

à grand-peine

petite quantité

sans doute

tout juste

un tout petit peu

ne ... guère

ne … guère

à l’instant

concise

certainement

faiblement

Translations

apenas

kaum

appena

nauwelijks

amper

a penes

apenas

a malapena

malapena

güç bela

escasamente

dificilmente

quasi

vix

mal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a pɛn/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: appena

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. Compare Italian appena, etc.