pain
An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of thisAn ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
» The pain has mostly gone away.
Der Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden.
Біль майже пройшов.
Біль майже угамувався.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
The greatest difficulty lies in treating patients with chronic pain.
I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
(countable, usually plural, uncountable)The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
(uncountable)The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress
In the final analysis, pain is a fact of life.
The pain of departure was difficult to bear.
Schmerz
больbolʹ, страда́ниеstradánije, му́каmúka
(countable)An annoying person or thing.
Your mother is a right pain.
зану́даzanúda, геморро́йgemorrój, су́щее наказа́ниеsúščeje nakazánije
(dated, uncountable)Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.
You may not leave this room on pain of death.
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)Labour; effort; great care or trouble taken in doing something.
(obsolete)Any of various breads stuffed with a filling.
gammon pain; Spanish pain
- a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
- emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
- a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
Examples
1858 sentencesThe pain has mostly gone away.
Біль майже пройшов.
deDer Schmerz ist größtenteils verschwunden.
I have a sharp pain here.
Я відчуваю ось тут гострий біль.
ruУ меня острая боль вот здесь.
deIch habe hier einen stechenden Schmerz.
I have a bad pain here.
У мене тут сильний біль.
ruУ меня здесь сильная боль.
deIch habe hier starke Schmerzen.
I barely feel the pain anymore.
Я майже не відчуваю болю.
deIch habe kaum noch Schmerzen.
The pain will eventually go away.
Біль врешті-решт пройде.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from LatiFrom Middle English peyne, payne, from Old French and Anglo-Norman peine, paine, from Latin poena (“punishment, pain”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “bloodmoney, weregild, fine, price paid, penalty”), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂ (“payment”) (whence also Proto-Slavic *cěnà (“price”)).
From Middle English payn (“a kind of pie with a soft crust”), from Old French pain (“bread”).
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Forms
plural: painsSynonyms
38 synonyms- a somatic sensation of acute discomfort:pain sensationpainful sensation
- emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid:painfulness
- a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder:hurting
- something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness:annoyancebotherbotherationinflictionpain in the neckpain in the assnuisance
Antonyms
12 antonymsWord family
48 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Health and the body — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- pain in my
- was in pain
- lot of pain
- a pain in
- a sharp pain
- pain in his
- sharp pain in
- sharp pain
- the pain was
- pain in the
- feel any pain
- ease the pain