poverty

Engels

Uitspraak

Geluid: poverty (VS) (hulp, bestand)
IPA: /ˈpɒvətɪ/

Woordafbreking

pov·er·ty

Woordherkomst en -opbouw

Afkomstig van het Latijnse woord pauper.

enkelvoud	meervoud
poverty	poverties

Zelfstandig naamwoord

poverty

armoede

«Almost every fourth migrant lives in poverty.»
Bijna één op de vier migranten leeft in armoede.
gebrek
onvruchtbaarheid
gelofte van armoede

Synoniemen

[1] hardship, indigence, misery, necessity, need, penury, privation, want
[2] dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, paucity, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, want
[3] barrenness, impoverishment, infertility, meagerness

Antoniemen

[1] luxury, opulence, riches, success, wealth
[2] abundance, affluence, plethora
[3] fertility

Afgeleide begrippen

[1] poverty factor, poverty grass, poverty line, poverty risk, poverty-stricken, poverty trap

Verwante begrippen

[1] beggary, deprivation, destitution, pinch, privation, strait
[2] absence, lack, stint
[3] bareness, destitution, exhaustion, privation

Spreekwoorden

[1] When poverty comes in, love flies out.

Als de armoede de deur binnenkomt, vliegt de liefde het venster uit.

Uitdrukkingen en gezegden

[1] grinding poverty

Drukkende armoede.

[3] the poverty of the soil

De onvruchtbaarheid van de bodem.

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