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pain

Pronunciation: /pɛ̃/

“pain” is a French word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bread
  2. piece of bread
  3. food
  4. bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner
  5. punch (a hit with the fist)
  6. a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread
  7. mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …)
  8. hottie, fox

In French

  1. Pâte cuite au four, à base de farine, d’eau et de levure de boulanger ou de levain.
  2. Morceau de pain considéré en tant qu’unité de cuisson ou de vente, en général sous une forme définie: une baguette de pain, un pain de campagne, un pain azyme, …
  3. Baguette de 400 grammes (le terme baguette étant dans ce cas réservé à la baguette de 250 grammes).
  4. Tout objet qui prend la forme d’un pain.
  5. Nourriture, moyens de subsistance.
  6. Coup de poing.
  7. Erreur grossière, fausse note, couac.
  8. Jour de prison.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pain, from Old French pain, from Latin pānem.

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