Italian

Noun

penuria f ‎(plural penurie)

1. shortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness

Synonyms

• scarsità, mancanza

Anagrams

• pianure, prunaie, unipare

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- ‎(“to hurt”). See patior.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peːˈnuː.ri.a/

Noun

pēnūria f ‎(genitive pēnūriae); first declension

1. want, need, scarcity

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• French: pénurie
• Portuguese: penúria
• Spanish: penuria

References

• penuria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• penuria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “penuria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pēnūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe̞ˈnuɾja/

Noun

penuria f ‎(plural penurias)

1. shortage, lack

Synonyms

• escasez
• falta