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Webster 1828 Edition

Indigence

IN'DIGENCE

Definition 2024

indigence

indigence

English

Noun

indigence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural indigences)

extreme poverty or destitution

Synonyms

indigency

Antonyms

affluence

Related terms

indigent

Translations

poverty

Dutch: behoeftigheid (nl) f
French: indigence (fr)
Greek: πενία (el) f ‎(penía), ένδεια (el) f ‎(éndeia)
Italian: indigenza (it) f
Portuguese: indigência f

Russian: бе́дность (ru) f ‎(bédnostʹ), нужда́ (ru) f ‎(nuždá)
Swahili: ufukara (sw)
Turkish: fukaralık (tr), yoksulluk (tr)
Ukrainian: біднота́ (uk) f ‎(bidnotá)

References

↑ “indigence” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

French

Noun

indigence f ‎(plural indigences)

indigence

Old French

Etymology

Latin indigentia.

Noun

indigence f ‎(oblique plural indigences, nominative singular indigence, nominative plural indigences)

indigence (poverty; lacking)

Descendants

English: indigence
French: indigence

References

(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (indigence, supplement)