povre

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin pauper, paupēris

Adjective

povre

  1. poor
    • 2012, Panorama in Interlingua, September-October, p. 24:
      Le anno passate 46 milliones statouniteses esseva povre.
      Last year 46 million U.S. Americans were poor.

Antonyms


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔvrə/, /ˈpoːr(ə)/

Adjective

povre (inflected form povre, comparative povrer, superlative povreste)

  1. poor, needy (lacking resources)
  2. poor by choice (for religious reasons)
  3. Afflicted by need and want; affected by poverty
  4. low-quality, dismal, inadequate
  5. unimportant, little
  6. unworthy, wretched, miserable

Descendants

References

Noun

povre (uncountable)

  1. poor people; the needy

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pauper, pauperem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.vrə/

Adjective

povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)

  1. poor (lacking resources)

Declension

Descendants

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