noun, masculine/pɛ̃/plural: pains
pain is masculine in French.
bread; piece of bread; food; bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner; punch (a hit with the fist)
“1830 Juvénal, Les Satires, translated into French verse by Barré de Jallais Sa nudité déplaît, sa détresse importune, / Et tous les jours, hélas ! à tout le monde en vain / Il demande une chambre, un habit et du pain.” — His nudity embarrasses, his distress importunes, / And every day, alas! from everyone in vain / He asks for a bedroom, clothes and food.
Inherited from Middle French pain, from Old French pain, from Latin pānem.