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