poverty
pronunciation
How to pronounce poverty in British English:
UK [ˈpɒvəti]
How to pronounce poverty in American English:
US [ˈpɑːvərti]
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- Noun:
- the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Word Origin
- poverty
- poverty: see poor
- poverty (n.)
- late 12c., from Old French poverte "poverty, misery, wretched condition" (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertatem (nominative paupertas) "poverty," from pauper "poor" (see poor (adj.)).Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties. [Victor Hugo, "Les Misérables," 1862] Poverty line attested from 1901; poverty trap from 1966; poverty-stricken from 1803.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Every country will have its own poverty museum .
- 2. Poverty is about much more than just the money .
- 3. Is your soul not poverty and pollution and wretched self - complacency ?
- 4. Credo finds that students in poverty and english language learners fare better in charters .
- 5. Bangladesh has a lot of rural poverty .