peine – Definition in music

Definition of the French term peine in music:

pain, sadness, sorrow
trouble, effort
sentence, penalty

Language

French

Singular

peine

Plural

peines

French musical terms that include peine:

à peine – barely, hardly, scarcely
à peine entendu – barely audible
céder à peine – to barely give in...

Music scores that include peine:

Francis Poulenc: Sextet (1932‑1939) Page 3

French musical terms related to peine:

angoisse – anguish, distress, anxiety
dolent – mournful, plaintive
douloureux – painful
mélancolie – melancholy
mélancolique – melancholic, sad
non plaintif – not plaintive, not mournful
plainte – complaint...
plaintif – plaintive, mournful
plaintivement – plaintively, mournfully
pleurant – crying, weeping, mourning
souffrance – suffering, pain
triste – sad, sorrowful, mournful
tristement – sadly
tristesse – sadness