- Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
- Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.
[Middle English penurie, from Latin pēnūria, want.]
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[Middle English penurie, from Latin pēnūria, want.]
noun
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Synonyms: indigence, need, beggary, pauperism, pauperization
Dansk (Danish)
n. - armod, fattigdom
Nederlands (Dutch)
vreselijke armoede, gebrek/schaarste, extreme gierigheid
Français (French)
n. - indigence
Deutsch (German)
n. - Armut, Not
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικονομική) εξαθλίωση, φτώχεια
Italiano (Italian)
penuria, miseria, indigenza
Português (Portuguese)
n. - penúria (f), escassez (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - penuria, escasez, miseria, indigencia, pobreza
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fattigdom, brist, torftighet
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
贫困, 贫穷
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貧困, 貧窮
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貧窮, 赤貧, 窮乏
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فقر, عوز
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קמצנות, עוני, חוסר
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