poverty

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒvəti/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑːvɚti/
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From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: armoede — quality or state of being poor
• Albanian: varfëri — quality or state of being poor
• Ahtna: hwdene — quality or state of being poor
• Arabic: فَقْر (faqr) — quality or state of being poor
• Arabic: فقر (faʔr) — quality or state of being poor
• Arabic: فقر (fagir, fagur) — quality or state of being poor
• Armenian: աղքատություն (aġkʻatutʻyun) — quality or state of being poor
• Asturian: probeza — quality or state of being poor
• Asturian: probedá — quality or state of being poor
• Azerbaijani: yoxsulluq — quality or state of being poor
• Azerbaijani: kasıblıq — quality or state of being poor
• Azerbaijani: səfalət — quality or state of being poor
• Bashkir: ярлылыҡ (yarlılıq) — quality or state of being poor
• Bashkir: фәҡирлек (fəqirlek) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: бедната́ (bjednatá) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: бе́днасць (bjédnascʹ) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: убо́ства (ubóstva) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: гале́ча (haljéča) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: гало́та (halóta) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: нэ́ндза (néndza) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: бядно́та (bjadnóta) — quality or state of being poor
• Belarusian: бядо́та (bjadóta) — quality or state of being poor
• Bengali: দারিদ্র্য (daridrjo) — quality or state of being poor
• Bulgarian: бе́дност (bédnost) — quality or state of being poor
• Bulgarian: нищета́ (ništetá) — quality or state of being poor
• Bulgarian: мизе́рия (mizérija) — quality or state of being poor
• Bulgarian: немоти́я (nemotíja) — quality or state of being poor
• Bulgarian: сиромаши́я (siromašíja) — quality or state of being poor
• Burmese: ဆင်းရဲခြင်း (hcang:rai:hkrang:) — quality or state of being poor
• Catalan: pobresa — quality or state of being poor
• Chinese Cantonese: 貧窮 /贫穷 (pan4 kung4) — quality or state of being poor
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧窮 /贫穷 (pínqióng) — quality or state of being poor
• Chinese Mandarin: 貧困 /贫困 (pínkùn) — quality or state of being poor
• Maore Comorian: usikini — quality or state of being poor
• Ndzwani Comorian: shizaya — quality or state of being poor
• Ngazidja Comorian: umasikini — quality or state of being poor
• Corsican: puvertà — quality or state of being poor
• Corsican: puvartà — quality or state of being poor
• Czech: chudoba — quality or state of being poor
• Old Czech: bědstvie — quality or state of being poor
• Danish: fattigdom — quality or state of being poor
• Danish: armod — quality or state of being poor
• Dutch: armoede — quality or state of being poor
• Esperanto: malriĉeco — quality or state of being poor
• Estonian: vaesus — quality or state of being poor
• Finnish: köyhyys — quality or state of being poor
• Finnish: puute — quality or state of being poor
• Franco-Provençal: pouvretât — quality or state of being poor
• French: pauvreté — quality or state of being poor
• Friulian: puaretât — quality or state of being poor
• Galician: pobreza — quality or state of being poor
• Georgian: სიღარიბე (siɣaribe) — quality or state of being poor
• Georgian: სიდუხჭირე (siduxč̣ire) — quality or state of being poor
• Georgian: სიღატაკე (siɣaṭaḳe) — quality or state of being poor
• German: Armut — quality or state of being poor
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌻𐌴𐌳𐌹 (unlēdi) — quality or state of being poor
• Greek: φτώχια (ftóchia) — quality or state of being poor
• Greek: αδεκαρία (adekaría) — quality or state of being poor
• Ancient Greek: πενία (penía) — quality or state of being poor
• Gujarati: ગરીબાઈ (garībāī) — quality or state of being poor
• Gujarati: દળદર (daḷdar) — quality or state of being poor
• Hebrew: עוני \ עֹנִי \ עֳנִי ('óni / 'oní) — quality or state of being poor
• Hebrew: דַּלּוּת (dalut) — quality or state of being poor
• Hindi: ग़रीबी (ġarībī) — quality or state of being poor
• Hindi: निर्धनता (nirdhantā) — quality or state of being poor
• Hindi: दरिद्रता (daridratā) — quality or state of being poor
• Hindi: कंगाली (kaṅgālī) — quality or state of being poor
• Hungarian: szegénység — quality or state of being poor
• Hungarian: nyomorúság — quality or state of being poor
• Hungarian: nincstelenség — quality or state of being poor
• Hunsrik: Aarmut — quality or state of being poor
• Icelandic: fátækt — quality or state of being poor
• Ido: povreso — quality or state of being poor
• Indonesian: kemiskinan — quality or state of being poor
• Interlingua: povressa — quality or state of being poor
• Irish: bochtaineacht — quality or state of being poor
• Italian: povertà — quality or state of being poor
• Japanese: 貧乏 (binbō) — quality or state of being poor
• Japanese: 貧困 (hinkon) — quality or state of being poor
• Kannada: ಬಡತನ (baḍatana) — quality or state of being poor
• Kazakh: кедейлік (kedeilık) — quality or state of being poor
• Kazakh: жарлылық (jarlylyq) — quality or state of being poor
• Khmer: ភាពក្រ (phiəp krɑɑ) — quality or state of being poor
• Korean: 가난 (ganan) — quality or state of being poor
• Korean: 빈곤 (bin'gon) — quality or state of being poor
• Central Kurdish: ھەژاری (hejarî) — quality or state of being poor
• Northern Kurdish: xizanî — quality or state of being poor
• Northern Kurdish: hejarî — quality or state of being poor
• Northern Kurdish: feqîrî — quality or state of being poor
• Kyrgyz: кедейлик (kedeylik) — quality or state of being poor
• Kyrgyz: жакырчылык (jakırcılık) — quality or state of being poor
• Ladino: provedad — quality or state of being poor
• Lao: ຄວາມທຸກຍາກ (khuām thuk nyāk) — quality or state of being poor
• Latin: paupertās — quality or state of being poor
• Latin: pauperiēs — quality or state of being poor
• Latvian: nabadzība — quality or state of being poor
• Lithuanian: skurdas — quality or state of being poor
• Macedonian: сиромаштија (siromaštija) — quality or state of being poor
• Malay: kemiskinan — quality or state of being poor
• Malayalam: ദാരിദ്ര്യം (dāridryaṁ) — quality or state of being poor
• Maltese: faqar — quality or state of being poor
• Māori: pōharatanga — quality or state of being poor
• Māori: tuakokatanga — quality or state of being poor
• Māori: hāhoretanga — quality or state of being poor
• Māori: hahoretanga — quality or state of being poor
• Mongolian: ядуурал (jaduural) — quality or state of being poor
• Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷᠠᠯ (yadaɣural) — quality or state of being poor
• Classical Nahuatl: icnōpillōtl — quality or state of being poor
• Classical Nahuatl: icnōtlācayōtl — quality or state of being poor
• Classical Nahuatl: icnōyōtl — quality or state of being poor
• Navajo: téʼéʼį́ — quality or state of being poor
• Norman: pouôrreté — quality or state of being poor
• Norwegian: armod — quality or state of being poor
• Norwegian Bokmål: fattigdom — quality or state of being poor
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fattigdom — quality or state of being poor
• Occitan: pauretat — quality or state of being poor
• Old English: iermþu — quality or state of being poor
• Oromo: hiyyummaa — quality or state of being poor
• Pashto: فقيري (faqirí) — quality or state of being poor
• Pashto: فقر (faqr) — quality or state of being poor
• Persian: فقر (faqr) — quality or state of being poor
• Plautdietsch: Oamoot — quality or state of being poor
• Polish: bieda — quality or state of being poor
• Polish: ubóstwo — quality or state of being poor
• Polish: niedostatek — quality or state of being poor
• Portuguese: pobreza — quality or state of being poor
• Quechua: muchuy — quality or state of being poor
• Quechua: usuy — quality or state of being poor
• Romanian: sărăcie — quality or state of being poor
• Romanian: mizerie — quality or state of being poor
• Romanian: paupertate — quality or state of being poor
• Russian: бе́дность (bédnostʹ) — quality or state of being poor
• Russian: нищета́ (niščetá) — quality or state of being poor
• Russian: нужда́ (nuždá) — quality or state of being poor
• Russian: беднота́ (bednotá) — quality or state of being poor
• Scots: puirtith — quality or state of being poor
• Scottish Gaelic: bochdainn — quality or state of being poor
• Scottish Gaelic: truaighe — quality or state of being poor
• Serbo-Croatian: сирома́штво — quality or state of being poor
• Serbo-Croatian: неима́штина — quality or state of being poor
• Serbo-Croatian: siromáštvo — quality or state of being poor
• Serbo-Croatian: neimáština — quality or state of being poor
• Sicilian: puvirtà — quality or state of being poor
• Sicilian: puvirtati — quality or state of being poor
• Sinhalese: දිළිඳුබව (diḷindubawa) — quality or state of being poor
• Slovak: chudoba — quality or state of being poor
• Slovak: bieda — quality or state of being poor
• Slovene: revščina — quality or state of being poor
• Lower Sorbian: chudoba — quality or state of being poor
• Upper Sorbian: chudoba — quality or state of being poor
• Spanish: pobreza — quality or state of being poor
• Spanish: pauperismo — quality or state of being poor
• Spanish: mishiadura — quality or state of being poor
• Spanish: egestad — quality or state of being poor
• Swahili: ufukara — quality or state of being poor
• Swahili: umaskini — quality or state of being poor
• Swedish: fattigdom — quality or state of being poor
• Tagalog: karukhaan — quality or state of being poor
• Tajik: фақр (faqr) — quality or state of being poor
• Tajik: факирӣ (fakiri) — quality or state of being poor
• Tajik: камбағалӣ (kambaġali) — quality or state of being poor
• Tamil: வறுமை (vaṟumai) — quality or state of being poor
• Tatar: ярлылык (yarlılıq) — quality or state of being poor
• Tatar: фәкыйрьлек (fäqirlek) — quality or state of being poor
• Telugu: పేదరికం (pēdarikaṁ) — quality or state of being poor
• Telugu: బీదరికం (bīdarikaṁ) — quality or state of being poor
• Thai: ความจน (kwaam-jon) — quality or state of being poor
• Thai: ความยากจน (kwaam-yâak-jon) — quality or state of being poor
• Turkish: fakirlik — quality or state of being poor
• Turkish: yoksulluk — quality or state of being poor
• Ottoman Turkish: یوقسوللق (yoksulluk) — quality or state of being poor
• Turkmen: garyplyk — quality or state of being poor
• Ukrainian: біднота́ (bidnotá) — quality or state of being poor
• Ukrainian: бі́дність (bídnistʹ) — quality or state of being poor
• Ukrainian: мізе́рність (mizérnistʹ) — quality or state of being poor
• Ukrainian: убо́зтво (ubóztvo) — quality or state of being poor
• Ukrainian: зли́дні (zlýdni) — quality or state of being poor
• Urdu: غُرْبَت (ġurbat) — quality or state of being poor
• Urdu: ناداری (nādārī) — quality or state of being poor
• Urdu: غَرِیبی (ġarībī) — quality or state of being poor
• Uyghur: نامراتلىق (namratliq) — quality or state of being poor
• Uyghur: يوقسۇللۇق (yoqsulluq) — quality or state of being poor
• Uzbek: kambagʻallik — quality or state of being poor
• Uzbek: faqirlik — quality or state of being poor
• Uzbek: qashshoqlik — quality or state of being poor
• Vietnamese: sự nghèo nàn — quality or state of being poor
• Yiddish: דלות (dales) — quality or state of being poor
• Yiddish: אָרעמקייט (oremkeyt) — quality or state of being poor
• Yoruba: ipò òṣì — quality or state of being poor
• Afrikaans: armoede — deficiency of elements
• Bulgarian: липса (lipsa) — deficiency of elements
• Bulgarian: недостиг (nedostig) — deficiency of elements
• Catalan: pobresa — deficiency of elements
• Chinese Mandarin: 缺乏 (quēfá) — deficiency of elements
• Czech: nedostatek — deficiency of elements
• Finnish: puute — deficiency of elements
• Finnish: köyhyys — deficiency of elements
• Hungarian: hiány — deficiency of elements
• Indonesian: kekurangan — deficiency of elements
• Japanese: 欠乏 (ketsubō) — deficiency of elements
• Korean: 결핍 (gyeolpip) — deficiency of elements
• Māori: hahoretanga — deficiency of elements
• Navajo: téʼéʼį́ — deficiency of elements
• Navajo: téʼéʼį́į́h — deficiency of elements
• Portuguese: pobreza — deficiency of elements
• Russian: недоста́ток (nedostátok) — deficiency of elements
• Russian: нехва́тка (nexvátka) — deficiency of elements
• Russian: ску́дность (skúdnostʹ) — deficiency of elements
• Scottish Gaelic: airc — deficiency of elements
• Serbo-Croatian: siromáštvo — deficiency of elements
• Serbo-Croatian: òskudica — deficiency of elements
• Slovak: nedostatok — deficiency of elements
• Spanish: pobreza — deficiency of elements
• Swahili: ufukara — deficiency of elements
• Tagalog: karukhaan — deficiency of elements