喜樂美語
  1. 1刑罰的；(penal code)刑法；(penal colony)流放地

    Penal describes anything related to punishment, especially punishment set by law. A country's "penal code" is its official set of laws about crimes and punishments. A "penal colony" was a place, often on an island, where a country used to send prisoners to live and work, far from home.

From the word’s history

From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena 'punishment'.

經古法文來自拉丁文 poenalis，源自 poena「懲罰」。

Wiktionary

組成From Latin poena, meaning "penalty, punishment."

同家族的字

  • penaltyshares the Latin root poena, meaning punishment
  • painalso traced back to the same Latin root poena, by way of Old French peine

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

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penaladj/ˈpiːnəl/

  • 1

    Of or relating to punishment.

    • penal servitude
  • 2

    Subject to punishment; punishable.

    • a penal offence
  • 3

    Serving as a place of punishment.

    • a penal colony
  • 4

    Exorbitant.

    • a penal rate of interest

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