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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
     p['e]nal. See Pain.]
     Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
     and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
     (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
         the penal code.
     (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
         penalact of offense.
     (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
         as, a penal colony or settlement. ``Adamantine chains and
         penal fire.'' --Milton.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
        offenses and their punishment.
  
     Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain
        acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
     Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
        in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
     Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F.
     p['e]nal. See Pain.]
     Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes
     and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as:
     (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue;
         the penal code.
     (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a
         penalact of offense.
     (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
         as, a penal colony or settlement. ``Adamantine chains and
         penal fire.'' --Milton.
  
     Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and
        offenses and their punishment.
  
     Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain
        acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
  
     Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison,
        in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.]
  
     Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  penal
       adj 1: of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code"
       2: serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal
          servitude"; "a penal colony"
       3: subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" [syn: punishable]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     Αγγλικά a.
     ποινικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     Catalan a.
     (l en penal), criminal
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca ball games) penalty
     Galician n.
     1 shorter, lateral wall of a house
     2 supporting wall
     3 each one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
     4 eaves
     Galician a.
     (l gl penal) (gloss: of or relating to punishment)
     Galician n.
     prison
     Portuguese a.
     (l en penal) (gloss: related to punishment, often in legal context)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt Paraná Santa Catarina) pencil case
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt Brazil soccer) penalty
     Spanish a.
     (l en penal)
     Spanish n.
     1 a kind of prison
     2 (lb es soccer) penalty

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     a.
     1 Of or relating to punishment.
     2 subject to punishment; punishable.
     3 Serving as a place of punishment.
     4 exorbitant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     Catalan a.
     (l en penal), criminal
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca ball games) penalty
     Galician n.
     1 shorter, lateral wall of a house
     2 supporting wall
     3 each one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
     4 eaves
     Galician a.
     (l gl penal) (gloss: of or relating to punishment)
     Galician n.
     prison
     Romanian a.
     (l en penal)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     Catalan a.
     (l en penal), criminal
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca ball games) penalty
     Galician n.
     1 shorter, lateral wall of a house
     2 supporting wall
     3 each one of the slabs which tops a wall to protect it from the rain
     4 eaves
     Galician a.
     (l gl penal) (gloss: of or relating to punishment)
     Galician n.
     prison
     Spanish a.
     (l en penal)
     Spanish n.
     1 a kind of prison
     2 (lb es soccer) penalty

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     Espanja a.
     rangaistuksellinen, rangaistus-
     Espanja n.
     vankila

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     n.
     ''variant av'' pennal

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  penal
     n.
     ''variant av'' pennal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Penal /pˈiːnəl/
  جزائي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  penal //ˈpiːnəl// 
  наказа́телен
  of or relating to punishment

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/ 
  trestný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/ 
  trestní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  Straf…

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  strafrechtlich  [jur.]
   see: penal consequences
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  
  ποινικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  penal //ˈpiːnəl// 
  rangaistus
  of or relating to punishment

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/ 
  1. दण्ड विषयक
        "He is punished by penal of judges."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  kazneno, kažnjiv, krivični, robijaški

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  1. büntetendô
  2. büntethetô
  3. büntetô
  4. törvénybe ütközô

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  penal //ˈpiːnəl// 
  刑事上, 刑罰
  of or relating to punishment

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  penal /ˈpi:nəl/ 
    penitencjarny, karny

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  penal /pˈiːnəl/
  1. cezaya ait, ceza kabilinden. penal code ceza kanunları. penal colony mahkumların gönderildiği sürgün yeri. penal servitude ağır hapis cezası. penally  ceza olarak, ceza kabilinden.

From Croatian-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:hrv-eng ]

  penal /pˈɛnæl/
  penalty

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  penal 
  penal  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  penal 
  penal  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  penal 
  penal  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  penal 
  penal  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  penal 
  penal  

From português-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-fra ]

  penal /pɨnˈɑl/ 
  pénal

From português-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-spa ]

  penal /pɨnˈɑl/ 
  penal

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  penal /penˈal/
  penal

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  penal /penˈal/
  penal

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  penal /penˈal/ 
  Straf-

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpinəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/penal/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/penal/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  PENAL. That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment. 
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 刑的,刑罚的,刑法上的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 刑事的,刑法的,受刑的,受罚的,惩罚的

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