miseria

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin miseria (“misfortune”). By surface analysis, misero +‎ -eria. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈzɛ.rja/ Rhymes: -ɛrja Hyphenation: mi‧sè‧ria === Noun === miseria f (plural miserie) poverty Synonyms: indigenza, povertà (usually in the plural) trouble, evil, suffering Synonyms: infelicità, male pittance, trifle Synonym: sciocchezza (botany) tradescantia Synonym: erba miseria ==== Related terms ==== misero miserevole miserabile immiserire porca miseria === Anagrams === riesami == Latin == === Etymology === From miser. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈsɛ.ri.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈs̬ɛː.ri.a] === Noun === miseria f (genitive miseriae); first declension misfortune Synonyms: plāga, calamitās, incommodum, dētrīmentum, clādēs, incommoditās, īnfortūnium, vulnus, cāsus, malum, cruciātus, nūbēs Antonyms: commodum, commoditās misery, distress, affliction, wretchedness, unhappiness ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: misèria → Old French: miserie → English: misery French: misère → English: misère → Romanian: mizerie → Italian: miseria → Occitan: misèria → Polish: mizeria → Portuguese: miséria → Spanish: miseria === References === “miseria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “miseria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "miseria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “miseria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Noun === miseria f (plural miserias) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miséria == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin miseria. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈseɾja/ [miˈse.ɾja] Rhymes: -eɾja Syllabification: mi‧se‧ria === Noun === miseria f (plural miserias) misery poverty avarice, greed very small amount ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “miseria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025