pauvre

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. poor (financially deprived)
2. lacking, scanty
3. poor, pitiable
4. Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

Noun

1. poor person; pauper
2. person deserving of pity

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/povʁ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Inherited from Middle French pauvre, relatinisation of earlier povre, from Old French povre, inherited from Latin pauper, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”).

Sinne

La pauvre bête en effet n'allait plus qu'au pas .

The poor beast, in fact, was only following suit.