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pauvre

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adjective
  1. poorfinancially deprived
  2. lacking, scanty
  3. poor, pitiable
  4. Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
nounmasculine
  1. poor person; pauper
  2. person deserving of pity

Used in the library

  • Il a payé le voyage de jeunes femmes pauvres.He paid the passage of poor young women.A1Les Filles du Roy — The King's Daughters
  • Avant Noël, la Guignolée passe de porte en porte pour recueillir des dons pour les pauvres.Before Christmas, the Guignolée goes from door to door to collect gifts for the poor.A2Noël au Québec — Christmas in Québec
  • Mais elle aussi peut aider de ses prières la pauvre âme en peine.But she too can help the poor soul in pain with her prayers.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • À l'école militaire, il était plus petit et plus pauvre que les autres élèves, mais il travaillait plus.At military school he was smaller and poorer than the other pupils, but he worked more.B1Napoléon — Napoleon

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