See also: pénalty

English Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

From Middle French pénalité.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnəlti/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pen‧al‧ty

Noun Edit

penalty (plural penalties)

  1. A legal sentence.
    The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
  2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
  3. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
  4. In sports
    1. (soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
    2. (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
      A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
  5. A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.

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Descendants Edit

  • Gulf Arabic: بلنتي(balanti)
  • Portuguese: pênalti, penálti
  • Spanish: penalti
  • Swahili: penalti

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Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English penalty.

Pronunciation Edit

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧nal‧ty

Noun Edit

penalty m (plural penalty's, diminutive penalty'tje n)

  1. penalty kick

French Edit

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Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English penalty, itself a borrowing from French pénalité (thus a reborrowing). Doublet of pénalité.

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Noun Edit

penalty m (plural penaltys or penalties)

  1. (sports) penalty, penalty kick

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Romanian Edit

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Etymology Edit

Unadapted borrowing from French penalty or English penalty.

Noun Edit

penalty n (plural penalty-uri)

  1. (soccer, sports) penalty

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