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
- 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
Related terms
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)
- 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
Descendants
References
- “povre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 March 2018.
Noun
povre (uncountable)
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔvɾə/
Adjective
povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)
- poor (lacking resources)
Declension
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | subject | povres | povre | povre |
| oblique | povre | |||
| plural | subject | povre | povres | |
| oblique | povres |
Descendants
Spanish
Adjective
povre m or f (masculine and feminine plural povres)
- obsolete spelling of pobre