What does pauvre in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word pauvre in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pauvre in French.
The word pauvre in French means poor person, poor, unfortunate, unlucky, poor, shabby, poor quality, low in, poor, weak, lacking, you, measly, Poor guy!, Poor girl!, you poor thing, poor thing, poor man's, be the poor relation, poor darling, poor dear, Poor me!, poor you, Lord protect you, stupid cow, silly bitch, plain Jane, poor wretch, pathetic creep, pathetic bastard, poor little boy, poor little girl, diddums, chump, poor wretch, loser, poor thing, low-wage worker, poor worker. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word pauvre
poor personnom masculin et féminin (personne sans argent) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La crise engendre de plus en plus de pauvres. The poor are becoming more numerous because of the economic crisis. |
pooradjectif (sans argent) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Il est trop pauvre pour pouvoir payer sa facture d'électricité. He's too poor to be able to pay his electricity bill. |
unfortunate, unlucky, pooradjectif (non chanceux) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") C'est un pauvre homme, brisé par la vie. Pourtant il est riche. He's an unfortunate man, broken by life. He's wealthy though. |
shabby, poor qualityadjectif (figuré (minable) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Il porte un pauvre costume tout affaissé. He is wearing a shabby outfit, completely worn out. |
low in(figuré (avec peu de [qch]) Cette crème est pauvre en matière grasse. This is low-fat cream. |
poor, weak, lackingadjectif (figuré (limité) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Son vocabulaire est vraiment pauvre. His vocabulary is really poor. |
youadjectif (péjoratif (dépréciatif) (pronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday.") Pauvre andouille, pauvre type sont ses injures. "You idiot", "you fool" are insults. |
measlyadjectif (figuré, familier (en trop faible quantité) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Il y avait juste trois pauvres tableaux dans ce musée : vraiment nul ! There were just three measly paintings in that museum; it was really rubbish! |
Poor guy!, Poor girl!interjection (Il/Elle n'a pas de chance !) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Et Sophie s'est cassé la jambe le premier jour de ses vacances ? La pauvre ! So Sophie broke her leg on the first day of her holiday? Poor girl! |
you poor thing, poor thinginterjection (familier (expression de compassion) (informal) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") J'imagine que ta jambe doit te faire affreusement souffrir, ma pauvre ! I imagine your leg must be causing you a lot of pain, you poor thing! |
poor man'slocution adjectivale (bas de gamme, de qualité inférieure) (figurative) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") |
be the poor relationlocution verbale (figuré (être le moins favorisé) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") La culture est le parent pauvre des ministères. |
poor darling, poor dearnom masculin (familier (appellation de commisération) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
Poor me!interjection (juron d'apitoiement sur soi) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
poor you, Lord protect youinterjection (juron d'apitoiement sur un proche) |
stupid cow, silly bitchnom féminin (familier (appellation de commisération pour femme) (UK, pejorative, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. You really are a stupid cow! |
plain Janenom féminin (familier, péjoratif (fille peu intéressante) (pejorative, informal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
poor wretchnom masculin (indigent) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Un pauvre hère s'est installé sous le pont. |
pathetic creep, pathetic bastardinterjection (familier, péjoratif (terme injurieux) (pejorative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
poor little boy, poor little girl(triste enfant) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Un pauvre petit cherchait sa mère dans le supermarché. |
diddums(péjoratif (minable) (informal, mocking) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Ce pauvre petit perdra son bureau personnel et travaillera en groupe. |
chumpinterjection (familier (juron pour [qqn] de trop gentil) (informal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
poor wretchnom masculin (familier, péjoratif (personne méprisée) (dated) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Un pauvre type m'aborda en sortant de la gare. |
loserinterjection (familier, péjoratif (terme injurieux) (pejorative, informal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Apprends à conduire, pauvre type ! |
poor thingnom masculin (personne que l'on plaint) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le pauvre vieux a dû écourter ses vacances pour cause de maladie. |
low-wage worker, poor worker(travailleur ne gagnant pas assez) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
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