Pain

From Fresh Dictionary

1 English
2 French

English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
memory	proved	plan	#938: pain	official	loss	spot

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Etymology

From Old (and modern) French peine, from Latin poena âpunishment, painâ.

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Pronunciation

IPA: /peÉªn/
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- Homophones: pane

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Noun

Singular
pain

Plural
pains

(countable and uncountable) an ache, bodily suffering or an instance of this; hurt, injury or unpleasant sensation
(uncountable, obsolete except in set phrases) suffering seen as a punishment or penalty
You may not leave this room on pain of death.
(uncountable) the condition or fact of suffering or anguish, as opposed to pleasure
In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
(countable) An annoying person or thing.
Your mother is a right pain.
(uncountable) mental suffering or anguish, especially sadness or grief
The pain of departure was difficult to bear.

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Translations

Ache, bodily feeling

Albanian: dhembje f, pl
Basque: min
Catalan: dolor m
Croatian: bol f or m
Danish: smerte
Dutch: pijn m
French: douleur m
German: Schmerz m
GuaranÃ: rasy, tasy

Hungarian: fÃ¡jdalom
Indonesian: sakit, nyeri
Italian: dolore m
Latin: dolor m
Lithuanian: skausmas m
Persian: Ø¯Ø±Ø¯ (dard)
Polish: bÃ³l m
Pitjantjatjara: pika
Portuguese: dor m
Romanian: durere f
Russian: Ð±Ð¾Ð»Ñ (bol') f
Spanish: dolor m
Swedish: smÃ¤rta c

Suffering as punishment

Instance of suffering

Russian: Ð±Ð¾Ð»Ñ (bol') f
Swedish: smÃ¤rta c

Annoying person

Mental suffering

Russian: Ð±Ð¾Ð»Ñ (bol') f
Swedish: smÃ¤rta c

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