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1 misère
misère [mizεʀ]feminine nouna. ( = pauvreté) extreme povertyb. ( = carence) misère culturelle lack of culture• quelle misère ! what a wretched shame!d. ( = somme négligeable) il l'a eu pour une misère he got it for next to nothinge. ( = plante) tradescantia* * *mizɛʀ1) ( pauvreté) destitution2) ( détresse) misery, wretchedness3) ( ennui) trouble, woe4) ( somme dérisoire) pittance5) Botanique wandering Jew, tradescantia•Phrasal Verbs:* * *mizɛʀ1. nf1) (= pauvreté) extreme poverty, destitutionêtre dans la misère — to be destitute, to be poverty-stricken
misère noire — utter destitution, abject poverty
100 euros, c'est une misère — 100 euros is a derisory sum
2. misères nfpl1) (= malheurs) woes, miseries2) (= ennuis) little troubles* * *misère nf1 ( pauvreté) ( de personne) destitution, extreme poverty; ( de lieu) squalor, destitution; être dans la misère to be destitute; s'enfoncer dans la misère to become totally destitute; réduire qn à la misère to reduce sb to poverty; crier or pleurer misère to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth○ US;2 ( détresse) misery, wretchedness; c'est misère que de faire it is distressing ou upsetting to do; c'est misère que de voir ça! it is distressing to see such things; la misère des temps the hardship of the times; quelle misère! what a wretched pity!; misère (de moi†)! woe is me†!;3 ( ennui) trouble, woe; on a tous nos petites misères we all have our little troubles ou problems; faire des misères à qn to give sb a hard time, to be nasty to sb;5 Bot wandering Jew, tradescantia.misère intellectuelle intellectual poverty; misère noire dire poverty; misère sexuelle sexual deprivation.[mizɛr] nom fémininêtre dans la misère to be destitute ou poverty-strickenil se jeta sur la nourriture comme la misère sur le monde (humoristique) he went at the food like a starving man ou like a wolf on its prey3. [malheur]c'est une misère de les voir se séparer it's pitiful ou it's a shame to see them break up4. [somme dérisoire] pittanceje l'ai eu pour une misère I got ou bought it for next to nothing————————[mizɛr] interjection————————misères nom féminin pluriel(familier) [broutilles, ennuis]faire des misères à quelqu'un to give somebody a hard time, to make somebody's life a misery————————de misère locution adjectivaleun salaire de misère a starvation wage, a pittance
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