Phrase guide

poverty line

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The threshold of poverty, below which one's income does not cover necessities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a level of personal income defining the state of poverty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: poverty level

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: personal income

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yoxsulluq həddi — threshold of poverty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貧困線 /贫困线 (pínkùnxiàn) — threshold of poverty
  • Czech: práh chudoby — threshold of poverty
  • Dutch: armoedegrens — threshold of poverty
  • Esperanto: linio de malriĉeco — threshold of poverty
  • Estonian: vaesuspiir — threshold of poverty
  • Finnish: köyhyysraja — threshold of poverty
  • French: seuil de pauvreté — threshold of poverty
  • German: Armutsgrenze — threshold of poverty
  • Hungarian: szegénységi küszöb — threshold of poverty
  • Italian: soglia di povertà — threshold of poverty
  • Persian: خط فقر (xatt-e faqr) — threshold of poverty
  • Polish: granica ubóstwa — threshold of poverty
  • Portuguese: linha de pobreza — threshold of poverty
  • Russian: черта́ бе́дности (čertá bédnosti) — threshold of poverty
  • Slovak: hranica chudoby — threshold of poverty
  • Spanish: línea de pobreza — threshold of poverty
  • Spanish: umbral de pobreza — threshold of poverty
  • Swedish: fattigdomsgräns — threshold of poverty
  • Tamil: வறுமைக்கோடு (vaṟumaikkōṭu) — threshold of poverty
  • Turkish: yoksulluk sınırı — threshold of poverty
  • Ukrainian: межа бідності (meža bidnosti) — threshold of poverty