Grammatical class

Noun

pauvre

poor person; pauper

Details

Syllables

pau-vre

Phonetics

povʁ

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1825

Freq. (movies)

1125

Freq. (news)

4358

Sentences

Oh, le pauvre !

Poor thing.

A1

Le football reste le sport du pauvre.

Soccer remains the poor man's sport.

A1

Un pauvre n'est pas celui qui a trop peu, mais celui qui veut trop.

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

A1

La majestueuse égalité des lois, qui interdit au riche comme au pauvre de coucher sous les ponts, de mendier dans les rues et de voler du pain.

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

A1

Dieu bénit le pauvre avant le riche.

God blesses the poor before the rich.

A2

Le pauvre est aussi une personne dotée de sentiments.

The poor are also people with feelings.

A2

Beaucoup de choses manquent au pauvre, mais tout manque à l'avare.

A poor man misses many things, but a miser misses everything.

B1