povre
Interlingua
Adjective
povre
- 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.
- 2012, Panorama in Interlingua, September-October, p. 24:
Antonyms
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French povre, from Latin pauper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔvrə/, /ˈpoːr(ə)/
Adjective
povre (plural and weak singular povre, comparative povrer, superlative povreste)
- poor, needy (lacking resources)
- poor by choice (for religious reasons)
- Afflicted by need and want; affected by poverty
- low-quality, dismal, inadequate
- unimportant, little
- unworthy, wretched, miserable
References
- “povre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.
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