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povre

Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Latin pauper, paupēris.

Adjective

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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.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔvrə/, /ˈpoːr(ə)/

Adjective

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povre (plural and weak singular 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

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  • English: poor
  • Scots: puir
  • Yola: boor

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Noun

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povre (uncountable)

  1. poor people; the needy

Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)

  1. poor (lacking resources)

Declension

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Declension of povre
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject povres povre povre
Oblique povre povre povre
Plural Subject povre povres povre
Oblique povres povres povre

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Spanish

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Adjective

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povre m or f (masculine and feminine plural povres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pobre.
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