povre

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.

Alternative forms

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

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

Noun

povre (uncountable)

1. poor people; the needy

Etymology

From Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔvɾə/

Adjective

povre m (oblique and nominative feminine singular povre)

1. poor (lacking resources)

Adjective

povre m or f (masculine and feminine plural povres)

1. obsolete spelling of pobre