Paine

See also: paine and pâine

English

Alternative forms

• Pain, Payne

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Proper noun

Paine

1. An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (see Latin pagus).
   • 1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."

Derived terms

• Painesville

Anagrams

• -apine, -penia, apine

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun paine (“blue sky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaine/ [ˈpai̯.ne]
• Rhymes: -aine
• Syllabification: Pai‧ne

Proper noun

Paine

1. a town, mountain, and park in Chile