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miséres

miseries

noun mee-ZEH-rehs Rare

Usage Note

Miséres is a French plural form occasionally found in Italian literary and historical texts as a gallicism, referring to conditions of poverty or wretchedness. In standard Italian the equivalent is miserie (f pl). Its appearance in Italian prose signals a period influence or a deliberate stylistic choice evoking French culture.

Examples

"Le miséres della vita lo opprimevano."

Natural Translation

Life's miseries weighed him down.

Literal Translation

The miseries of-the life him oppressed.

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