pauvret
French, noun/po.vʁɛ/
pauvret is spelled P-A-U-V-R-E-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written French, the 149,203rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pauvret is a French masculine noun meaning “poor little thing term of commiseration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diminutif de pauvre, terni de commisération, d’affection”.
What does pauvret mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoor little thing term of commiseration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Diminutif de pauvre, terni de commisération, d’affection.
noun: 1. Diminutif de pauvre, terni de commisération, d’affection.
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 pauvret
- pauvrets plural
- pauvrette feminine
- pauvrettes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pauvret?
- /po.vʁɛ/
- \po.vʁɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pauvret in French?
pauvret appears about once in every 21 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).