adj
Meaning 1
Lacking money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
impecunious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/
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Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/
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rhymes with -uːniəs
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
not having enough money to pay for necessities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard up, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безпаричен (bezparičen) — lacking money
- Czech: nemající peníze — lacking money
- Czech: jsoucí bez peněz — lacking money
- Czech: jsoucí bez prostředků — lacking money
- Czech: nezámožný — lacking money
- Czech: chudý — lacking money
- Finnish: rahaton — lacking money
- French: impécunieux — lacking money
- Māori: monikore — lacking money
- Māori: pakukore — lacking money
- Norwegian: fattig — lacking money
- Polish: biedny — lacking money
- Polish: ubogi — lacking money
- Polish: niezamożny — lacking money
- Spanish: menesteroso — lacking money
- Spanish: inope — lacking money
- Spanish: impecune — lacking money