povre

povre

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin pauper, paupēris

Adjective

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.

Antonyms

• ric

Related terms

• povremente
• povressa
• poco
• impovrir

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• povere, poevre, pore, poere, pouer, poor

Etymology

From Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔvrə/, /ˈpoːr(ə)/

Adjective

povre (inflected form 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

References

• “povre (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-29.

Noun

povre (uncountable)

1. poor people; the needy

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin pauper, pauperem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.vrə/

Adjective

povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)

1. poor (lacking resources)

Declension

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

Descendants

• Middle English: povre (borrowed)
  • English: poor
• French: pauvre
• Norman: pauvre, pouôrre
• Walloon: pôve