poorhouse

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• CMU ARPABET: P UW1 R HH AW2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From poor + house.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: աղքատանոց (aġkʻatanocʻ) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Bulgarian: приют (prijut) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Danish: fattighus — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Dutch: armenhuis — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Esperanto: almozulejo — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Finnish: vaivaistalo — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Finnish: vaivaistupa — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Finnish: köyhäintalo — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• French: hospice — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• German: Armenhaus — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Greek: πτωχοκομείο (ptochokomeío) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Greek: φτωχοκομείο (ftochokomeío) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Greek: φτωχόσπιτο (ftochóspito) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Ancient Greek: πτωχοτροφεῖον (ptōkhotropheîon) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Latin: ptocheum — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Latin: ptochotropheum — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Macedonian: сиротински дом (sirotinski dom) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Macedonian: сиропиталиште (siropitalište) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Polish: przytułek dla biednych — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Portuguese: abrigo — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Russian: богаде́льня (bogadélʹnja) — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Scots: puirshoose — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Swedish: fattighus — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Swedish: fattigstuga — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged
• Welsh: tloty — charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged