/povʁ/
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Translation
poor
Word origin
From Latin pauper ('poor'). The English 'poverty', 'pauper' and 'poor' derive from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pauper
- English cognates
- poverty, pauper, poor
Examples
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This family is too poor to pay the rent.
, .
Poor boy, he did not deserve that.
region ressources naturelles.
The region is very poor in natural resources.
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This poor dog has been waiting for its master a long time.
enfance.
His family was very poor during his childhood.
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