noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something to be pitied
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
poor thing
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: foeitog — someone or something to be pitied
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫ̰ܵܪܹܐ (žārē) — someone or something to be pitied
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܵܐ (miskēnā) — someone or something to be pitied
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܸܣܟܹܝܢܬܵܐ (miskēntā) — someone or something to be pitied
- Bashkir: бахыр (baxır) — someone or something to be pitied
- Bashkir: меҫкен (meśken) — someone or something to be pitied
- Catalan: pobret — someone or something to be pitied
- Catalan: pobreta — someone or something to be pitied
- Chinese Mandarin: 可憐的人兒 /可怜的人儿 (kělián de rénr) — someone or something to be pitied
- Chinese Mandarin: 小可怜 (xiǎo kělián) — someone or something to be pitied
- Czech: chudáček — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: raukka — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: voi sinua — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: voi raukkaa — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: voi ressua — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: voi rukkaa — someone or something to be pitied
- Finnish: voi parkaa — someone or something to be pitied
- French: mon pauvre — someone or something to be pitied
- French: ma pauvre — someone or something to be pitied
- French: bichette — someone or something to be pitied
- French: miskine — someone or something to be pitied
- Galician: pobriño — someone or something to be pitied
- Galician: coitadiño — someone or something to be pitied
- Galician: miñaxoia — someone or something to be pitied
- Galician: coitado — someone or something to be pitied
- German: armes Ding — someone or something to be pitied
- Greek: καημένος (kaïménos) — someone or something to be pitied
- Hungarian: szegényke — someone or something to be pitied
- Ingrian: raiska — someone or something to be pitied
- Irish: créatúr — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poverino — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poverina — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poveraccio — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poveraccia — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poveretto — someone or something to be pitied
- Italian: poveretta — someone or something to be pitied
- Japanese: かわいそうに (kawaisō ni) — someone or something to be pitied
- Kapampangan: rugo — someone or something to be pitied
- Kapampangan: makalunus neman — someone or something to be pitied
- Latvian: nabadziņš — someone or something to be pitied
- Latvian: nabadzīte — someone or something to be pitied
- Nepali: बिचरा (bicarā) — someone or something to be pitied
- Polish: biedak — someone or something to be pitied
- Polish: biedaczka — someone or something to be pitied
- Polish: biedactwo — someone or something to be pitied
- Polish: biedula — someone or something to be pitied
- Portuguese: pobrezinho — someone or something to be pitied
- Portuguese: tadinho — someone or something to be pitied
- Portuguese: coitadinho — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бедня́га (bednjága) — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бедня́жка (bednjážka) — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бе́дный (bédnyj) — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бе́дная (bédnaja) — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бе́дненький (bédnenʹkij) — someone or something to be pitied
- Russian: бе́дненькая (bédnenʹkaja) — someone or something to be pitied
- Spanish: pobrecito — someone or something to be pitied
- Spanish: pobrecillo — someone or something to be pitied
- Swedish: stackare — someone or something to be pitied
- Ukrainian: бідня́га (bidnjáha) — someone or something to be pitied
- Ukrainian: бідня́ка (bidnjáka) — someone or something to be pitied
- Ukrainian: бідола́ха (bidoláxa) — someone or something to be pitied
- Ukrainian: небора́к (neborák) — someone or something to be pitied
- Ukrainian: небора́ка (neboráka) — someone or something to be pitied
- Urdu: بیچارہ (becārā) — someone or something to be pitied