pauvre

pauvre

1. definite of pauver
2. plural of pauver

From Old French povre, inherited from Latin pauper, pauperem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). The modern orthography with -au- reflects the original Latin spelling.

• IPA^(key): /povʁ/

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pauvre (plural pauvres)

1. poor (financially deprived)
2. lacking, scanty
3. poor, pitiable

• This adjective belongs to a group of French adjectives whose position relative to a noun changes depending on its meaning. When positioned before the noun, it is used to describe the state of being pitiable (e.g., Mon pauvre garçon!), whereas when positioned after the noun (like most French adjectives), it refers to the lack of resources (e.g., Il était un fermier pauvre quand il était jeune.).

• appauvrir
• pauvreté

• paupérisation

pauvre m (plural pauvres, feminine pauvresse)

1. poor person; pauper

• “pauvre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• vapeur

From Old French povre, from Latin pauper, pauperem.

pauvre m or f

1. (Jersey) poor

• pouôrre

• pauvrément (“poorly”)