squalor

English

Etymology

From the Latin squalor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈskwɒlə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈskwɑːləɹ/

Noun

squalor (plural squalors)

1. Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.
   • The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. -- Taylor
   • To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. -- Dickens
     • Dickens also used the term to refer to those living in Squalor, such as those in the slums.

Translations

squalidness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 骯髒 (cmn), 肮脏 (cmn) (āngzāng)

• Danish: snusk, smuds
• Dutch: weerzinwekkende vuiligheid, miserabele omstandigheden
• Finnish: surkeus, kurjuus

• French: ‎saleté repoussante, ‎conditions misérables
• Portuguese: esqualidez (pt) f, esqualor (pt) m
• Russian: грязь (ru) (grjazʹ) f (dirt), убожество (ru) (ubóžestvo) n
• Spanish: miseria
• Swedish: snusk, smuts

References

• squalor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• squalor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Latin

Etymology

From squaleo +‎ -or.

Noun

squālor (genitive squālōris); m, third declension

1. stiffness, roughness
2. dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	squālor	squālōrēs
genitive	squālōris	squālōrum
dative	squālōrī	squālōribus
accusative	squālōrem	squālōrēs
ablative	squālōre	squālōribus
vocative	squālor	squālōrēs