pauvre

Syllable Decomposition

pauvre

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

Definitions

Synonyms

indigentmisérablemiséreuxsans le soufauchédérisoire

Plural

pauvrespôvres

Anagrams

paveurvapeur

Translations

  • germangerman:jämmerlich
  • englishenglish:trifling
  • spanishspanish:mísero
  • greekgreek:φτωχός
  • swedishswedish:siglig
  • finnishfinnish:riivattu
  • dutchdutch:mager
  • russianrussian:незначительный

See also

paupérisation (cn.) pauvreté (cn.) paupérisme (cn.) pauvret (cn.) paupériser (v.)