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Meaning of pēnūria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[peːˈnuː.ri.a]

Definitions

want, need, scarcity

declension-1

Equivalents

English Lack
Kurdî laçk

Examples

“[…] at vērō puellae iūniōris tam praecipua, tam praeclāra pulchritūdō nec exprimī ac ne sufficienter quidem laudārī sermōnis hūmānī pēnūriā poterat.”

[…] but the beauty of the youngest was so marvellous and dazzling that it could neither be expressed nor sufficiently praised by the paucity of human speech.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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