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

• “peine”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “peñe”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

peine f (plural peines)

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

• Use douleur for physical pain.

• “peine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• épine, épiné

• paine
• painne
• poinne

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

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

1. pain; suffering

• dolor

• French: peine
• → English: pain

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeine/ [ˈpei̯.ne]

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• Rhymes: -eine
• Syllabification: pei‧ne

Inherited from Old Spanish peyne, from Latin pectinem.

peine m (plural peines)

1. comb

   Synonyms: peineta, peinilla

peine

1. inflection of peinar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “peine”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025