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/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

Grammar

Examples

Cette .

This family is too poor to pay the rent.

, .

Poor boy, he did not deserve that.

.

The region is very poor in natural resources.

.

This poor dog has been waiting for its master a long time.

.

His family was very poor during his childhood.

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This word is part of lesson 11.