misère

See also:misere,Misere,andmiserê

English

Alternative forms

• misere

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchmisère.Doubletofmisery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mɪˈzɛə(ɹ)/,/miːˈzɛə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes:-ɛə(ɹ)

Noun

misère(pluralmisères)

1. (card games,whistand others)Abidtoloseeverytrick,or the majority of tricks, with notrumps.

Adjective

misère(notcomparable)

1. Played according to thereverseof the usual winningconvention.

   A strategy inmisèrebackgammonis to put sixblotsin a row.

2. In which a playerunableto movewins.

Derived terms

• lay-down misère
• misère ouvert

See also

• miser

Anagrams

• Meiser,Siemer,Eimers,Meiers,remise,misree

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinmiseria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mi.zɛʁ/
• (Quebec)IPA^(key):/mi.zaɛ̯ʁ/

• Audio;“la misère”:

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Noun

misèref(pluralmisères)

1. misery
2. poverty

   Il a vécu pendant longtemps dans lamisère.

   He lived in poverty for a long time.

Derived terms

• avoir de la misère
• chercher misère
• faire des misères
• misère noire
• salaire de misère

Descendants

• →German:Misere
• →Haitian Creole:mizè
• →Swedish:misär

Interjection

misère

1. dear me!dear Lord!oh boy!heavens!woe is me!

   Synonyms:seigneur,bon sang,bon Dieu

Further reading

• “misère”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• merise,remise,remisé