impoverish

Englisch

Etymology

Template:borrowing (modern French appauvrir), from em- + povre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) Make poor.
2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) Weaken in quality; deprive of some strength or richness.

   That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil

3. (deprecated template usage) (intransitive) Become poor.

Derived terms

• impoverisher
• impoverishment

Synonyms

• ruin

Antonyms

• enrich

Translations

transitive: make poor

• Dutch: verarmen (nl)
• French: appauvrir (fr)
• German: arm machen (de)
• Interlingua: impovrir
• Italian: immiserire
• Korean: 가난하게 하다 (gananhage hada)
• Latvian: nabadzināt
• Maori: whakapōhara
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: zubożyć
• Portuguese: empobrecer
• Romanian: sărăci (ro), pauperiza (ro)
• Russian: обеднять (ru) (obednjatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: osiromašiti
• Spanish: empobrecer (es)
• Turkish: yoksullaştırmak (tr), fakirleştirmek (tr), verimsizleştirmek, güçsüzleştirmek

transitive: deprive of some strength or richness

• Dutch: verzwakken (nl), verarmen (nl)
• Interlingua: impovrir
• Norman: dêgraîssi (soil)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 약화시키다 (yakhwasikida)
• Latvian: nabadzināt

intransitive: become poor

• Dutch: verarmen (nl)
• German: verarmen
• Greek: φτωχαίνω (el) (ftochaíno)
• Hungarian: elszegényedik (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: povreskar (io)
• Italian: immiserirsi
• Korean: 가난해지다 (gananhaejida)
• Portuguese: empobrecer
• Russian: беднеть (ru) (bednetʹ), нищать (ru) (niščatʹ)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: appauvrir, devenir pauvre

See also

• immiserate

External links

• “impoverish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “impoverish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “impoverish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.