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pœnal

pœnal is the archaic spelling of penal.

Meaning of penal

Adjective

penal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to punishment.
    • penal servitude
    Synonyms:
    penary, penitentiary
  2. Subject to punishment; punishable.
    • a penal offence
  3. Serving as a place of punishment.
    • a penal colony
  4. Exorbitant.
    • a penal rate of interest

Questions about pœnal

What is pœnal the archaic spelling of?
Pœnal is the archaic spelling of penal.

Words near pœnal in the dictionary

  1. pōhiri
  2. pœanismos
  3. Pœcile
  4. pœcilo-
  5. pœcilogony
  6. pœnal
  7. pœnall
  8. pœnalties
  9. pœnalty
  10. pœnitent
  11. pœnitential

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pœnal (page history and authors); penal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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