indigence

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English indigence, late 14th century, from Old French indigence (13th century), from Latin indigentia, from indigentem, form of indigēre (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egēre (“be in need, want”). Only relation to antonym affluence is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ence. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪndɪd͡ʒəns/ === Noun === indigence (countable and uncountable, plural indigences) Extreme poverty or destitution. Synonym: indigency Antonym: affluence ==== Related terms ==== indigent ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French indigence, from Latin indigentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s/ Hyphenation: in‧di‧gence === Noun === indigence f (plural indigences) indigence === Further reading === “indigence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin indigentia. === Noun === indigence oblique singular, f (oblique plural indigences, nominative singular indigence, nominative plural indigences) indigence (poverty; lacking) ==== Descendants ==== English: indigence French: indigence === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “indigence”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.