how to pronounce peine

/pɛn/

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peine is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of peine in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… l'écho vit-on qu on a à peine un an de …”

meanings of peine

noun:

Sorrow.
Pain.
Effort, trouble.

adverb:

Barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine.

peine frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word peine occurs in french on average 201.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.