adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- penal servitude
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: penary, penitentiary
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
penal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpiːnəl/
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rhymes with -iːnəl
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homophone: penile (one pronunciation)
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CMU ARPABET: P IY1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Subject to punishment; punishable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a penal offence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castigable, disciplinable, chastisable, penal, punishable, statutable, subpenal
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Serving as a place of punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a penal colony
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Exorbitant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a penal rate of interest
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disproportionate, usurious, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortionate, extortious, extravagant, inordinate, penal, sky-high
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- penal reform
- penal code
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
subject to punishment by law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a penal offense
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: punishable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
serving as or designed to impose punishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- penal servitude
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwoynéh2.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جَزَائِيّ (jazāʔiyy) — of or relating to punishment
- Arabic: عِقَابِيّ (ʕiqābiyy) — of or relating to punishment
- Belarusian: ка́рны (kárny) — of or relating to punishment
- Belarusian: штрафны́ (štrafný) — of or relating to punishment
- Bulgarian: наказа́телен (nakazátelen) — of or relating to punishment
- Chinese Mandarin: 刑罰的 /刑罚的 (xíngfá de) — of or relating to punishment
- Chinese Mandarin: 刑事的 (xíngshì de) — of or relating to punishment
- Danish: pønal — of or relating to punishment
- Danish: straffe- — of or relating to punishment
- Esperanto: prizona — of or relating to punishment
- Esperanto: puna — of or relating to punishment
- Finnish: rangaistus- — of or relating to punishment
- French: pénal — of or relating to punishment
- German: strafrechtlich — of or relating to punishment
- Japanese: 刑罰の (keibatsu no) — of or relating to punishment
- Japanese: 刑事上の (keijijō no) — of or relating to punishment
- Korean: 형벌의 (hyeongbeorui) — of or relating to punishment
- Polish: karny — of or relating to punishment
- Portuguese: penal — of or relating to punishment
- Russian: кара́тельный (karátelʹnyj) — of or relating to punishment
- Russian: штрафно́й (štrafnój) — of or relating to punishment
- Russian: каторжный (katoržnyj) — of or relating to punishment
- Ukrainian: ка́рний (kárnyj) — of or relating to punishment
- Ukrainian: штрафни́й (štrafnýj) — of or relating to punishment
- Ukrainian: кара́льний (karálʹnyj) — of or relating to punishment
- Welsh: cosbol — of or relating to punishment