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The French word for pain is
douleur





pain

Plural

The plural of douleur is douleurs.

French Definition


pain
     1. n. Douleur, souffrance.
           I feel your pain.
           Je ressens ta douleur.
     2. n. Inconfort.
     3. n. Sacrifice.
     4. n. Tristesse d'une certaine situation.
     5. n. (Familier) Personne ennuyeuse, un boulet.
           He is a right pain.
           C'est un vrai boulet.
     6. n. (Au pluriel) Grand soin.
           He took pains to ensure that each guest would feel comfortable.
           Il prit grand soin de s'assurer que chaque invité se sentît à l'aise.
     7. v. Faire mal, peiner, faire de la peine.
           It pains me to say this.
           Ça me fait mal de dire cela.
           Ça me peine de dire cela.

Translations for pain and their definitions

douleur
     1. n-f. pain
     2. n-f. distress


casse-pied
     1. adj. annoying
     2. n. pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck


casse-couilles
     1. adj. (vulgar) irritating
     2. n-m. (vulgar) ball-buster; pain; pain in the arse (figuratively, someone who is irritating)


peine
     1. n-f. punishment
     2. n-f. pain
     3. n-f. effort, trouble
     4. n-f. sorrow
     5. adv. barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine


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