povre

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from French pauvre, Italian povero, Portuguese pobre and Spanish pobre, all from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpov.re/

Adjective

povre

  1. poor
    • 2012 September–October, Panorama in Interlingua, volume 25, number 5, →ISSN, page 24:
      Le anno passate 46 milliones statouniteses esseva povre.
      Last year 46 million U.S. Americans were poor.

Antonyms

Further reading

  • Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Middle English

Alternative forms

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)

  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

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

References

Noun

povre (uncountable)

  1. poor people; the needy

Old French

Etymology

From Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔvɾə/

Adjective

povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)

  1. poor (lacking resources)

Declension

Case masculine feminine neuter
singular subject povres povre povre
oblique povre povre povre
plural subject povre povres povre
oblique povres povres povre

Descendants

Spanish

Adjective

povre m or f (masculine and feminine plural povres)

  1. obsolete spelling of pobre