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pain

/ˈpeɪn/PAYN
/ˈpeɪn/PAYN

Meaningpenalty

Common meaning: physical or emotional suffering

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pu-‘purify, cleanse, make clear or evident’source
  2. Greekpoinē‘penalty’source
  3. Latinmeaning shiftspenalty → punishmentpena‘punishment’source
  4. Frenchmeaning shiftspunishment → a paine, penaltypeine‘a paine, penalty’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa paine, penalty → physical or emotional sufferingpain‘physical or emotional suffering’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek poinē ‘penalty’.

Source words

  • poinē Greek · source word “penalty”

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