transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpi:nl ]
adj. 1 a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of an offence) punishable, esp. by law. 2 extremely severe (penal taxation). øpenal servitude hist. imprisonment with compulsory labour. øøpenally adv. [ME f. OF penal or L poenalis f. poena PAIN]