impoverishment

im·pov·er·ish

 (ĭm-pŏv′ər-ĭsh, -pŏv′rĭsh)

tr.v. im·pov·er·ished, im·pov·er·ish·ing, im·pov·er·ish·es

1. To reduce to poverty; make poor.

2. To deprive of richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse.

---

[Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see pauper).]

---

im·pov′er·ish·ment n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	impoverishment - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions poorness, poverty financial condition - the condition of (corporate or personal) finances deprivation, neediness, privation, want - a state of extreme poverty destitution - a state without friends or money or prospects indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury, need - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" impecuniousness, pennilessness, penuriousness - a state of lacking money
	2.	impoverishment - the act of making someone poor pauperisation, pauperization privation, deprivation - act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

impoverishment

noun

1. The condition of being extremely poor:

beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want.

2. The depletion or sapping of strength or energy:

attenuation, debilitation, depletion, devitalization, enervation, enfeeblement.

Translations

إفْقار

ochuzenízbídačení

forarmelse

Verarmung

appauvrissement

gyengülés

òaî aî verîa snauîur

impoverimento

ochudobnenie

fakirleştirmeyoksullaştırma

穷困

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt] N → empobrecimiento m; [of land] → agotamiento m

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt] n [country, area] → appauvrissement m
National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment → L'isolement national ne peut que provoquer un appauvrissement économique et culturel.

impoverishment

n → Verarmung f; (of soil) → Auslaugung f, → Erschöpfung f; (fig: of culture) → Verkümmerung f

impoverishment

[ɪmˈpɒv/ərɪʃmənt] n → impoverimento

impoverish

(imˈpovəriʃ) verb

to make poor. verarm يُفْقِر обеднявам empobrecer ochudit arm machen forarme φτωχαίνωempobrecer vaeseks tegema فقیر کردن köyhdyttää appauvrir לְרוֹשֵש अशक्त कर देना osiromašiti elszegényít memiskinkan gera snauðan impoverire 貧乏にする 가난하게 하다 nuskurdinti, nualinti novest nabadzībā jatuh miskin verarmenutarme, gjøre fattig zubożyć خورول بې پنګى كول بې توښې كول، غر يبول، تش لاس كول empobrecer a sărăci доводить до обнищания ochudobniť osiromašiti osiromašiti utarma, göra utfattig ทำให้ยากจน yoksullaştırmak, fakirleştirmek 使窮困 доводити до бідності مفلس کر دینا làm cho nghèo đi 使穷困

imˈpoverishment noun

verarming إفْقار обедняване empobrecimento ochuzení; zbídačení die Verarmung forarmelse φτώχεια, εξάντλησηempobrecimiento vaesumine فقر؛ ضعف köyhtyminen appauvrissementהתרוששות दरिद्रता osiromašenje gyengülés, hanyatlás pemiskinan það að verða snauður impoverimento 貧窮 빈곤 nuskurdinimas grimšana nabadzībā kemiskinan verarmingutarming zubożenie خواری empobrecimento sărăcire обнищание ochudobnenie osiromašenje osiromašenje utarmande, utarmning ความยากจน yoksullaştırma, fakirleştirme 窮困 збідніння, зубожіння افلاس sự làm cho nghèo đi 穷困