Dispauperize

/dɪsˈpɔːpəraɪz/ verb

Definition

To reduce poverty or lift someone out of poverty; to make formerly poor people less poor.

Etymology

From dis- (remove) + pauperize (make poor, from pauper + -ize). This word is also archaic or obsolete, created by combining the prefix dis- with pauperize to create its opposite meaning.

Kelly Says

Language teachers sometimes use 'dispauperize' as an example of how English can theoretically create new words using prefixes, even though the word itself never became standard. It's like an experiment in what *could* be!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዝርዝር
zir-zir
ARالعربية
فقر
faqr
BNবাংলা
গরিব কর
ga-rib kor
CACatalà
pobrejar
po-bre-jar
CSČeština
chudobit
chu-do-bit
DADansk
fattigforklære
fat-tig-for-kla-re
DEDeutsch
verarmen
ve-ra-men
ELΕλληνικά
αποκλίνει
a-po-k-lee-ni
ESEspañol
empobrecer
em-po-breh-ser
FAفارسی
فقر
faqr
FISuomi
köyhästyttää
köy-hä-sty-ttää
FRFrançais
appauvrir
ap-po-vree
GUGU
ગરીબ
ga-reeb
HAHA
talau
ta-lau
HEעברית
להעשיר
le-ha-e-sheer
HIहिन्दी
गरीब बनाना
ga-reeb ba-na-na
HUMagyar
szegényes
sze-gé-nes
IDBahasa Indonesia
memiskinkan
me-mis-kin-kan
IGIG
n'anya
n-ya-nya
ITItaliano
impobretire
im-po-breh-tee-re
JA日本語
貧困化
bin-kon-ka
KKKK
сырнай
syr-nay
KMKM
pover
po-ver
KO한국어
빈곤하게 만들다
bin-gon-ha-ge man-dal-da
MRMR
गरीब
ga-reeb
MSBahasa Melayu
memiskin
me-mis-kin
MYမြန်မာ
ကျန်းမာ
kyan-ma
NLNederlands
verarmen
ver-a-ren
NONorsk
fattigforklære
fat-tig-for-kla-re
PAPA
ਗਰੀਬ
ga-reeb
PLPolski
ubożać
u-bo-zacz
PTPortuguês
empobrecer
em-po-breh-ser
RORomână
săracuiește
sa-ra-cu-ie-ste
RUРусский
обнищать
ob-nish-chat
SVSvenska
fattigförklara
fat-tig-for-kla-ra
SWKiswahili
masikini
ma-si-ki-ni
TAதமிழ்
வறுமையாக்க
va-ru-mai-ya-ak
TEతెలుగు
దారి
da-ri
THไทย
ทำให้ยากจน
thae-ke ya-k chon
TLTL
pahirapan
pa-hi-ra-pan
TRTürkçe
yoksullaştırmak
yok-sul-la-sh-tir-mak
UKУкраїнська
біднити
bi-d-ny-ty
URاردو
غریب بنانا
ghareeb ba-na-na
VITiếng Việt
đem đến nghèo
dem den nghee-o
YOYO
agba
ag-ba
ZH中文
使贫困
shǐ pín kùn
ZUZU
umshayeli
um-sha-ye-li

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