paubre

Occitan

Alternative forms

praube (Gascony)
paure (Languedoc)

Etymology

From Old Occitan paubre, from Latin pauper.

Adjective

paubre m or f (feminine singular paubra, masculine plural paubres, feminine plural paubras) (Limousin)

poor (lacking resources)
poor (of bad quality)

Related terms

paubrard
paubretat
paubreton
paubricha
paubrilha
paubrisson

See also

paucganha

Further reading

Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 428
Simon-Jude Honnorat, Dictionnaire Provençal-Français (tome 2, P-Z), Repos, Digne, 1847, page 818.

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pauper. Compare Old French povre.

Adjective

paubre m or f (plural paubres)

poor (lacking resources)

Noun

paubre m or f

pauper; poor person

Related terms

paubretat

Descendants

Occitan: paubre, praube, paure

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