pauper

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːpə/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /ˈpoːpə/
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• General-American: /ˈpɔ.pɚ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• Canada, US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈpɑ.pɚ/
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• Canada, US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈpɒ.pɚ/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /ˈpɔ.pəɾ/
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• rhymes with -ɔːpə(ɹ)
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• homophone: popper (cot–caught merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: P AO1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَقِير (faqīr) — one who is extremely poor
• Belarusian: жабра́к (žabrák) — one who is extremely poor
• Belarusian: галя́к (halják) — one who is extremely poor
• Belarusian: бяда́к (bjadák) — one who is extremely poor
• Belarusian: бе́дны (bjédny) — one who is extremely poor
• Bulgarian: бедня́к (bednják) — one who is extremely poor
• Bulgarian: сирома́х (siromáh) — one who is extremely poor
• Cherokee: ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏛᎿᏕᎩ (uyo iyudvhnadegi) — one who is extremely poor
• Chinese Mandarin: 窮光蛋 /穷光蛋 (qióngguāngdàn) — one who is extremely poor
• Chinese Mandarin: 窮鬼 /穷鬼 (qióngguǐ) — one who is extremely poor
• Czech: chuďas — one who is extremely poor
• Czech: chudák — one who is extremely poor
• Danish: fattiglem — one who is extremely poor
• Danish: fattiglus — one who is extremely poor
• Dutch: pauper — one who is extremely poor
• Esperanto: povrulo — one who is extremely poor
• Esperanto: malriĉulo — one who is extremely poor
• Estonian: kerjus — one who is extremely poor
• Finnish: tyhjätasku — one who is extremely poor
• Finnish: keppikerjäläinen — one who is extremely poor
• Finnish: rutiköyhä — one who is extremely poor
• French: pauvre — one who is extremely poor
• French: indigent — one who is extremely poor
• German: Bettelknabe — one who is extremely poor
• German: Armer — one who is extremely poor
• Greek: πένης (pénis) — one who is extremely poor
• Ancient Greek: πένης (pénēs) — one who is extremely poor
• Hebrew: עני (aní) — one who is extremely poor
• Irish: bochtán — one who is extremely poor
• Italian: indigente — one who is extremely poor
• Italian: poveraccio — one who is extremely poor
• Italian: povero — one who is extremely poor
• Italian: nullatenente — one who is extremely poor
• Italian: bisognoso — one who is extremely poor
• Japanese: 貧民 (hinmin) — one who is extremely poor
• Japanese: 貧困者 (hinkonsha) — one who is extremely poor
• Japanese: 貧者 (hinja) — one who is extremely poor
• Korean: 빈자 (binja) — one who is extremely poor
• Korean: 빈민 (binmin) — one who is extremely poor
• Korean: 극빈자 (geukbinja) — one who is extremely poor
• Latin: pauper — one who is extremely poor
• Macedonian: голтар (goltar) — one who is extremely poor
• Macedonian: сиромав (siromav) — one who is extremely poor
• Macedonian: бедник (bednik) — one who is extremely poor
• Macedonian: голак (golak) — one who is extremely poor
• Māori: pō(w)hara — one who is extremely poor
• Norwegian Bokmål: fattiglem — one who is extremely poor
• Norwegian Bokmål: fattiglus — one who is extremely poor
• Persian: بدبخت (badbaxt) — one who is extremely poor
• Persian: بینوا (bi-navâ) — one who is extremely poor
• Polish: biedak — one who is extremely poor
• Polish: nędzarz — one who is extremely poor
• Polish: ubogi — one who is extremely poor
• Polish: żebrak — one who is extremely poor
• Portuguese: indigente — one who is extremely poor
• Russian: ни́щий (níščij) — one who is extremely poor
• Russian: бедня́к (bednják) — one who is extremely poor
• Russian: бе́дный (bédnyj) — one who is extremely poor
• Russian: неиму́щий (neimúščij) — one who is extremely poor
• Russian: нужда́ющийся (nuždájuščijsja) — one who is extremely poor
• Serbo-Croatian: сиромах — one who is extremely poor
• Serbo-Croatian: siromah — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: pòviru — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: nullatinenti — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: senzarobba — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: mischinu — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: mischinazzu — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: puvirazzu — one who is extremely poor
• Sicilian: disgrazziatu — one who is extremely poor
• Slovak: chudák — one who is extremely poor
• Slovene: revež — one who is extremely poor
• Slovene: berač — one who is extremely poor
• Spanish: indigente — one who is extremely poor
• Swahili: fukara — one who is extremely poor
• Swedish: fattiglapp — one who is extremely poor
• Swedish: fattighjon — one who is extremely poor
• Turkish: düşkün — one who is extremely poor
• Turkish: fukara — one who is extremely poor
• Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir) — one who is extremely poor
• Ottoman Turkish: درویش (derviş) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: бідня́к (bidnják) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: бі́дний (bídnyj) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: па́упер (páuper) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: па́впер (pávper) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: сірома́ха (siromáxa) — one who is extremely poor
• Ukrainian: сірома́ (siromá) — one who is extremely poor
• Yiddish: אָרעמאַן (oreman) — one who is extremely poor
• Yiddish: אבֿיון (evyen) — one who is extremely poor
• Finnish: sosiaaliturvan varassa elävä — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Finnish: sosiaaliturvaan oikeutettu — one living on or eligible for public charity
• German: Unterstützungsempfänger — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Greek: άπορος (áporos) — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Greek: ζητιάνος (zitiános) — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Italian: indigente — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Persian: مستحق (mostahaq) — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Persian: نیازمند (niyâzmand) — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: pòviru — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: nullatinenti — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: mischinu — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: mischinazzu — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: puvirazzu — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Sicilian: disgrazziatu — one living on or eligible for public charity
• Ottoman Turkish: فقیر (fakir) — one living on or eligible for public charity