pénible

French

adj

Definitions

painful, hard, displeasing
annoying (about someone)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French peinible affix from French peine.

Origin

French

peine

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pain English
painable English
poena Latin
penibel Dutch, Flemish
peinard French
peine French
peiner French
penaud French
pénard French
péniblement French
penibel Danish
peine Old French
peinible Old French
lapenn Mauritian Creole
lapenn Seychellois Creole