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pauper

/ˈpɔːpə/PAW-pur
/ˈpɔpɚ/PAW-pur

Meaningpoor

Common meaning: a very poor person

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PAR‘produce, afford, prepare, share’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 198, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpauper, -eris‘poor’
  3. Englishpauper‘a very poor person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pauper ‘poor’.

Roots

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