"misère" meaning in French

See misère in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /mi.zɛʁ/, /mi.zaɛ̯ʁ/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-misère.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-misère.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-misère.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-misère.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin miseria. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|miseria}} Borrowed from Latin miseria
  1. dear me! dear Lord! oh boy! heavens! woe is me! Synonyms: seigneur, bon sang, bon Dieu
    Sense id: en-misère-fr-intj-Uy3RsROo Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 7 2 7 29 1 1 25 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 2 1 43

Noun

IPA: /mi.zɛʁ/, /mi.zaɛ̯ʁ/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-misère.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-misère.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-misère.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-misère.wav Forms: misères [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin miseria. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|miseria}} Borrowed from Latin miseria Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} misère f (plural misères)
  1. misery Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-misère-fr-noun-ZEB~TTPg
  2. poverty Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-misère-fr-noun-2Er94pzd
  3. A trifle, a thing of little value and importance. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-misère-fr-noun-TF1VscNu Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 7 2 7 29 1 1 25 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 2 1 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avoir de la misère, chercher misère, faire des misères, misère noire, salaire de misère

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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