adverb/a pɛn/
barely, scarcely, hardly
“Il y a à peine trente personnes au concert ce soir.” — There are barely thirty people at this evening’s concert.
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. Compare Italian appena, etc.
/a pɛn/
barely, scarcely, hardly
“Il y a à peine trente personnes au concert ce soir.” — There are barely thirty people at this evening’s concert.
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. Compare Italian appena, etc.