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

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 (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

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

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

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

• French: pauvre
• Norman: pauvre, pouôrre
• Walloon: pôve
• → Middle English: povre
  • English: poor
  • Scots: puir
  • Yola: boor

Spanish

Adjective

povre m or f (masculine and feminine plural povres)

1. Obsolete spelling of pobre.