"penury" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛnjʊɹi/, /ˈpɛnjəɹi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-penury.wav [Southern-England] Forms: penuries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin pēnūria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”, adverb), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pēnūria||want}} Latin pēnūria (“want”), {{m|la|paene||scarcely|pos=adv}} paene (“scarcely”, adverb), {{cog|fr|pénurie}} French pénurie Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} penury (usually uncountable, plural penuries)
  1. Extreme want; poverty; destitution. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (poverty, destitution): сиромашия (siromašija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malriĉeco (Esperanto), senhaveco (Esperanto), köyhyys (Finnish), ένδεια (éndeia) [feminine] (Greek), πενία (penía) [feminine] (Greek), ανέχεια (anécheia) [feminine] (Greek), нищета́ (niščetá) (Russian), нужда́ (nuždá) (Russian), neimaština [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pauperismo [masculine] (Spanish), pobrisimo [masculine] (Spanish), pobreza [feminine] (Spanish), біднота́ (bidnotá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-penury-en-noun-ZoNAWVhe Disambiguation of 'poverty, destitution': 93 7
  2. (now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth. Tags: poetic, uncountable, usually Synonyms: barrenness, insufficiency Translations (lack of something): липса (lipsa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), недостиг (nedostig) [masculine] (Bulgarian), puute (Finnish), pénurie [feminine] (French), ανέχεια (anécheia) [feminine] (Greek), ανεπάρκεια (anepárkeia) [feminine] (Greek), недоста́ток (nedostátok) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-penury-en-noun-vhhKqxE6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'lack of something': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: penurious

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