"poorhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: poorhouses [plural]
Etymology: From poor + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|poor|house}} poor + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} poorhouse (plural poorhouses)
  1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged. Translations (charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged): πτωχοτροφεῖον (ptōkhotropheîon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), աղքատանոց (aġkʻatanocʻ) (Armenian), приют (prijut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fattighus [neuter] (Danish), almozulejo (Esperanto), vaivaistalo (Finnish), vaivaistupa (Finnish), köyhäintalo (Finnish), Armenhaus [neuter] (German), πτωχοκομείο (ptochokomeío) [neuter] (Greek), φτωχοκομείο (ftochokomeío) [neuter] (Greek), φτωχόσπιτο (ftochóspito) (english: house of poor people) [neuter] (Greek), ptocheum [neuter] (Latin), ptochotropheum [neuter] (Latin), сиротински дом (sirotinski dom) [masculine] (Macedonian), сиропиталиште (siropitalište) [neuter] (Macedonian), abrigo (Portuguese), puirshoose (Scots), fattighus [neuter] (Swedish), fattigstuga [common-gender] (Swedish), tloty [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-poorhouse-en-noun-gf-zpRmE Disambiguation of 'charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged': 98 2
  2. A workhouse. Categories (topical): Housing, Poverty
    Sense id: en-poorhouse-en-noun-ahH7uoOW Disambiguation of Housing: 9 91 Disambiguation of Poverty: 36 64 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: house

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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