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peine

peine noun: pain or punishment.

Noun

peine (countable and uncountable, plural peines)

  1. Pain or punishment.

Proper noun capitalized: Peine

Peine (plural Peines)

  1. A surname.

Forms of peine

Noun
pluralpeines
Proper noun
pluralPeines

Origin of peine

From Old French peine, from Latin poena, from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Doublet of pain.

Words formed from peine

Questions about peine

What does peine mean?
Peine means pain or punishment.
What part of speech is peine?
Peine can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of peine?
The plural of peine is peines.

Words near peine in the dictionary

  1. Peinan
  2. peinct
  3. peincted
  4. peincting
  5. peincts
  6. peine
  7. peine forte et dure
  8. peined
  9. Peines
  10. peining
  11. Peinovich

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