"indigent" meaning in French

See indigent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-indigent.wav Forms: indigente [feminine], indigents [masculine, plural], indigentes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*h₁eg-}}, {{lbor|fr|la|indigēns}} Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns Head templates: {{fr-adj}} indigent (feminine indigente, masculine plural indigents, feminine plural indigentes)
  1. (very) poor, needy, destitute Synonyms: très pauvre
    Sense id: en-indigent-fr-adj-SknAQID~
  2. vacuous
    Sense id: en-indigent-fr-adj-nCXWcfAc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: indigence

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-indigent.wav Forms: indigents [plural], indigente [feminine]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*h₁eg-}}, {{lbor|fr|la|indigēns}} Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} indigent m (plural indigents, feminine indigente)
  1. poor person, indigent Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-indigent-fr-noun-nQ3QBQh9 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 32 9 59

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