pauvre

adjectivecommon nouninterjection

Syllable Decomposition

pauvre

from the Latin pauper which gives povre in Old French. The scholarly spelling pauvre, which appeared in Middle French, has supplanted povre, the usual spelling until the 16th century.

Definitions

Synonyms

crève-la-faimgueuxindigentmisérablemiséreuxnécessiteuxprolétaireprolosans-le-soufaiblesimple

Antonyms

richevivant

Plural

pauvres

Hyperonym

classe ouvrière

Anagrams

paveurvapeur

Translations

  • germangerman:Armer
  • englishenglish:indigent
  • greekgreek:φτωχοφαμελίτης

See also

pauvres (adj.) pauvres (cn.) pauvre (int.) Pauvres (pn.)