penuria

See also: penúria

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -urja

Noun

penuria f (plural penurie)

  1. shortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness

Synonyms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From paene (“almost”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pēnūria f (genitive pēnūriae); first declension

  1. want, need, scarcity

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pēnūria pēnūriae
Genitive pēnūriae pēnūriārum
Dative pēnūriae pēnūriīs
Accusative pēnūriam pēnūriās
Ablative pēnūriā pēnūriīs
Vocative pēnūria pēnūriae

Descendants

References
  • penuria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • penuria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • penuria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 439

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pēnūria.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peˈnuɾja/

Noun

penuria f (plural penurias)

  1. shortage, lack

Synonyms

Further reading
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