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pauvre

French, noun/povʁ/

pauvre is spelled P-A-U-V-R-E (6 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written French, the 1,207th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pauvre is a French masculine noun meaning “poor person; pauper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui vit dans la misère”.

What does pauvre mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    poor (financially deprived)

  2. 2

    lacking, scanty

  3. 3

    poor, pitiable

  4. 4

    derogatoryUsed before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

    pauvre con

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepoor person; pauper

  2. 2

    masculineperson deserving of pity

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est dans la pauvreté ; qui ne dispose pas de ressources suffisantes. 2. Qui dénote la pauvreté. 3. Qui ne renferme, ne dispose que de peu de quelque chose. 4. Qui inspire la pitié, la compassion.

noun: 1. Personne qui vit dans la misère. 2. Personne à qui il manque une qualité. 3. Personne qui n’a pas de quoi subsister honorablement selon sa condition.

interjection: 1. Exprime la surprise, généralement négative ; s’utilise habituellement précédé de oh.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of pauvre

  • pauvres plural
  • pauvresse feminine
  • pauv’

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pauvre?

  • /povʁ/
  • \povʁ\
  • \pɔ.vʁə\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pauvre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pauvre in French?

pauvre appears 69 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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