faim
See also: fáim
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
faim f (plural faims)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French faim, fain, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Portuguese fome, Italian fame and Romanian foame.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /fɛ̃/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: faims, fin, fins, feins, feint, feints
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃
Noun edit
faim f (plural faims)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: fim
Further reading edit
- “faim”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
faim
Verb edit
faim
- to be hungry
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales