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pœnall

pœnall is the obsolete form 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 pœnall

What is pœnall the obsolete form of?
Pœnall is the obsolete form of penal.

Words near pœnall in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pœnall (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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