à peine
/a pɛn/
adverb
A2
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Meaning
Similar words
Close synonyms for "barely/hardly, just barely."
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Practice
1 What does à peine mean?
barely, hardly
2 Fill the gap: Il est à ___ huit heures.
Full sentence: Il est à peine huit heures. (It's barely eight o'clock.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches à peine?
à peine: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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