peiner
French, verb/pɛ.ne/
peiner is spelled P-E-I-N-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 63,613th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peiner is a French verb meaning “to struggle, toil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire de la peine, causer du chagrin, de l’inquiétude, affliger”.
What does peiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to struggle, toil
Il a beaucoup peiné sur ce travail.
- 2
to have trouble (doing something), to struggle to (do something) (with à + infinitive)
On peine à trouver un nouvel employé pour remplir ce poste.
- 3
to cause pain to, afflict
Cette nouvelle m’a beaucoup peiné.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire de la peine, causer du chagrin, de l’inquiétude, affliger.
verb: 1. Faire des efforts pour, se fatiguer à. 2. Être chargé d’un poids trop lourd. 3. Avoir de la difficulté à.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of peiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- peinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- peiné participle past
- peine first-person indicative present
- peines indicative present second-person
- peinons first-person indicative plural
- peinez indicative plural present
- peinent indicative plural present
- peinais first-person imperfect indicative
- peinait imperfect indicative singular
- peinions first-person imperfect indicative
- peiniez imperfect indicative plural
- peinaient imperfect indicative plural
- peinai first-person historic indicative
- peinas historic indicative past
- peina historic indicative past
- peinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce peiner?
- /pɛ.ne/
- /pe.ne/
- \pe.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to peiner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is peiner in French?
peiner appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).