Grammatical class

Adjective

pauvre

(after a noun) poor (financially deprived)

Details

Syllables

pau-vre

Phonetics

povʁ

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

1825

Freq. (movies)

1125

Freq. (news)

4358

Variants

Sentences

Pauvre con

You twat, you moron, you idiot

A1

Tu es pauvre.

You're poor.

A1

Je suis pauvre.

I am poor.

A1

Tom est pauvre.

Tom is poor.

A1

Oh, la pauvre !

Poor thing.

A1

Elle n'est pas pauvre.

She's not poor.

A2

Il est pauvre comme Job.

He is as poor as a church mouse.

A2

Il n'a pas honte d'être pauvre.

He is not ashamed of being poor.

B1

Tom semblait si pauvre et si triste.

Tom seemed so poor and so sad.

B1

L'homme avait honte d'être né pauvre.

The man was ashamed of being born poor.

B1

Le pauvre enfant était né sourd-muet.

The poor child was born deaf and dumb.

B1

Il est pauvre.

He is poor.

B2