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pauvre

"pauvre" means "poor" in French. It is number 691 on the frequency list, in A2 (adj).

Meaning

poor; lacking, scanty; poor, pitiable

IPA

/povʁ/

Level

A2

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Pauvre petit.
  Poor thing.
  Tatoeba: Blabla / JohnKnaphus
• Pauvre fille.
  Poor girl.
  Tatoeba: GB3 / Eccles17
• Pauvre petite !
  Poor thing!
  Tatoeba: Micsmithel / mccarras

Learned together

In the course, "pauvre" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• cool cool
• haut high
• malade ill, unwell, sick
• gentil kind, sweet
• simple single
• partout everywhere
• prochain upcoming
• surtout above all
• souvent often

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