köyhyys — meaning in English

English meaning

• need noun A requirement for something essential or important.
• penury noun A state of severe poverty, or a particular period spent in it.
• poverty noun The state of being poor; lacking enough money to meet basic needs.
• want verb To wish for or desire something.

Senses

köyhyys is used for these senses in English:

• need Lack of means of subsistence; poverty; indigence; destitution.
• penury (uncountable) Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
• want (uncountable) Poverty.

need — full definition

1. noun A requirement for something essential or important.
2. noun Poverty or lack of basic means of living.
3. verb To require something as essential.
4. verb To be obliged to do something.

penury — full definition

1. noun A state of severe poverty, or a particular period spent in it.
2. noun A shortage of something, often used with 'of'.
3. noun Meanness with money; stinginess.

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