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Etymology
From ME. poverte, from Old French, from Latin paupertas|paupert�s, from pauper (�poor�) + -tas (noun of state suffix).

Cognates include pauper, poor, French pauvreté'.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�p�v�ti/, SAMPA|/"pQv@ti/
(General American|US'') IPA|/�p��v�ti/, SAMPA|/"pA:v@`ti/
audio|en-us-poverty.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.
2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

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Translations
trans-top|quality or state of being poor
Arabic: Arab|��ر IPAchar|(faqr) f
Chinese: 贫穷 (pínqióng)
Czech: chudoba f
Dutch: armoede f
Estonian: vaesus
Finnish: köyhyys, puute
French: pauvreté f
German: Armut f
Hungarian: nyomor
Icelandic: fátækt f
Italian: povertà
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Japanese: 貧� (����, bimb�)
Korean: �� (ganan)
Kurdish: KUchar|����ار�
Latin: paupertas|paupert�s f
Portuguese: pobreza f
Russian: бедно��� (bédnost�) f
Scottish Gaelic: bochdainn m, truaighe f
Slovak: chudoba f, bieda f
Spanish: pobreza f
Swedish: fattigdom c
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trans-top|deficiency of elements
Finnish: puute, köyhyys
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Slovak: nedostatok m
Spanish: pobreza
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Indonesian: kemiskinan
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Related terms
poor
poorness

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• 2007-10-26 04:04 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Translations */

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