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5-letter words (4 found)

PANEL,PENAL,PLANE,PLENA,

4-letter words (14 found)

ELAN,LANE,LEAN,LEAP,NAPE,NEAL,NEAP,PALE,PANE,PEAL,PEAN,PELA,PLAN,PLEA,

3-letter words (16 found)

ALE,ALP,ANE,APE,EAN,LAP,LEA,LEP,NAE,NAP,NEP,PAL,PAN,PEA,PEL,PEN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 46 words from penal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of penal

penal epnal pneal npeal enpal nepal peanl epanl paenl apenl eapnl aepnl pnael npael panel apnel napel anpel enapl neapl eanpl aenpl naepl anepl penla epnla pnela npela enpla nepla pelna eplna plena lpena elpna lepna pnlea nplea plnea lpnea nlpea lnpea enlpa nelpa elnpa lenpa nlepa lnepa pealn epaln paeln apeln eapln aepln pelan eplan plean lpean elpan lepan palen aplen plaen lpaen alpen lapen ealpn aelpn elapn leapn alepn laepn pnale npale panle apnle naple anple pnlae nplae plnae lpnae nlpae lnpae palne aplne plane lpane alpne lapne nalpe anlpe nlape lnape alnpe lanpe enalp nealp eanlp aenlp naelp anelp enlap nelap elnap lenap nleap lneap ealnp aelnp elanp leanp alenp laenp nalep anlep nlaep lnaep alnep lanep

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Definitions and meaning of penal

penal

Alternative forms

  • pænal (archaic, hypercorrect)
  • pænall (obsolete, hypercorrect)
  • penall (obsolete)
  • pœnal (archaic)
  • pœnall (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːnəl/
  • Rhymes: -iːnəl
  • Homophone: penile (one pronunciation)

Adjective

penal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to punishment.
  2. Subject to punishment; punishable.
  3. Serving as a place of punishment.
  4. Exorbitant.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, Plean, palen, panel, plane, plena

Catalan

Etymology

From pena +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [peˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

penal m or f (masculine and feminine plural penals)

  1. penal, criminal

Derived terms

  • colònia penal
  • penalitzar

Noun

penal m (plural penals)

  1. (ball games) penalty

Derived terms

  • àrea de penal

Further reading

  • “penal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “penal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “penal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “penal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

14th century. From pena (“stone”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈnal/

Noun

penal m (plural penais)

  1. shorter, lateral wall of a house
    • 1429, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 307:
      huna estrema de boa parede des lo canto mays de baixo do penal da dita casa [...] asta huna crus (+) que asignalamos e fezemos por marqua e deuision enna parede da orta de vos o dito liçençiado e vosos yrmâôs
      [We shall build]] a boundary, made of good wall, from the extreme of the lateral wall of that house [...] till a cross (+) that we have signalled and done as mark and division in the wall of the garden that belongs to you, the aforementioned lawyer, and to your brothers
  2. supporting wall
    Synonym: parede mestra
  3. each one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
  4. eaves
    Synonyms: beirado, beiril, sobrepena, sopena, topete

Etymology 2

From Late Latin poenalis (“penal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈnal/

Adjective

penal m or f (plural penais)

  1. penal (of or relating to punishment)

Noun

penal m (plural penais)

  1. prison
    Synonyms: cadea, cárcere, trenla

References

  • “penal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “penal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “penal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “penal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “penal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ladin

Adjective

penal m (feminine singular penala, masculine plural penai, feminine plural penales)

  1. penal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nal

Etymology 1

From Latin poenālis. By surface analysis, pena (“punishment”) +‎ -al.

Adjective

penal m or f (plural penais)

  1. penal (related to punishment, often in legal context)
Derived terms
  • penalmente

Etymology 2

From German Pennal, from Latin pennale, from penna (“feather”). Likely reinforced by Ukrainian and Russian пенал (penal). By surface analysis, pena (“feather”) +‎ -al.

Noun

penal m (plural penais)

  1. (Paraná, Santa Catarina) pencil case
    Synonym: estojo

Etymology 3

From pênalti.

Noun

penal m (plural penais)

  1. (Brazil, soccer) penalty
    Synonyms: (Portugal) penálti, (Brazil) pênalti

References

  • “penal” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin poenalis or French pénal.

Adjective

penal m or n (feminine singular penală, masculine plural penali, feminine and neuter plural penale)

  1. penal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin poenālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈnal/ [peˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pe‧nal

Adjective

penal m or f (masculine and feminine plural penales)

  1. penal

Noun

penal m (plural penales)

  1. a kind of prison
  2. (soccer) penalty

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “penal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • Nepal, panel, plena

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish penal, from Late Latin poenālis.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧nal
  • IPA(key): /peˈnal/, [pɛˈnal]

Adjective

penál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. penal

Related terms

References

  • “penal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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