"impoverishment" meaning in All languages combined

See impoverishment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-impoverishment.wav Forms: impoverishments [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|fro|empoverissement}} Anglo-Norman empoverissement, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{surf|en|impoverish|-ment}} By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} impoverishment (usually uncountable, plural impoverishments)
  1. The action of impoverishing someone. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (action of impoverishing someone): empobriment [masculine] (Catalan), whakapōharatanga (Maori), zubażanie [neuter] (Polish), sărăcire (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-impoverishment-en-noun-7VOI1GU~ Disambiguation of 'action of impoverishing someone': 94 6
  2. The state of being impoverished. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being impoverished): абядненне (abjadnjennje) [neuter] (Belarusian), empobriment [masculine] (Catalan), appauvrissement [masculine] (French), Verarmung [feminine] (German), εξαθλίωση (exathlíosi) (Greek), impoverimento [masculine] (Italian), pōharatanga (Maori), خراب (harab) (Ottoman Turkish), zubożenie [neuter] (Polish), обедне́ние (obednénije) [neuter] (Russian), обнища́ние (obniščánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-impoverishment-en-noun-ajBDbQQB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Poverty Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Poverty: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'state of being impoverished': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: immiseration

Inflected forms

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