famine

English

Etymology

From French famine.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmɪn

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Noun

Wikipedia famine (countable and uncountable; plural famines)

1. (uncountable) extreme shortage of food in a region
   • 1971, Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation

     Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.

2. (countable) a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
   • 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa

     The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....

3. During times of famine

Translations

extreme shortage of food in a region

• Ainu: ケㇺ (kem)
• Arabic: نقص الغذاء (ar)
• Aromanian: foamitã (rup)
• Bulgarian: глад (bg) (glad) m
• Czech: hladomor (cs) m
• Danish: hungersnød (da) c
• Dutch: hongersnood (nl) m
• Finnish: nälänhätä (fi)
• French: famine (fr) f
• German: Hungersnot (de) f
• Greek: λιμός (el) (limós) m, πείνα (el) (peína) f
• Hungarian: éhínség (hu)
• Icelandic: hungursneyð (is) f
• Ido: famino (io)

• Irish: gorta (ga) m
• Italian: carestia (it) f
• Japanese: 飢饉 (ja) (ききん, kikin)
• Kurdish: xela (ku) f
• Macedonian: глад (mk) (glad) f
• Malayalam: പട്ടിണി (ml) (pattiNI)
• Norwegian: hungersnød (no) m
• Polish: głód (pl) m
• Portuguese: fome (pt) f
• Romanian: foamete (ro) n
• Russian: голод (ru) (golod)
• Scottish Gaelic: gort (gd) m
• Spanish: hambruna (es), hambre (es)
• Swedish: hungersnöd (sv)
• West Frisian: hongersneed (fy), breakrapte (fy)

a period of extreme shortage of food in a region

• Bulgarian: глад (bg) (glad) m
• Polish: okres głodu (pl)

• Swedish: svält (sv)

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French

Etymology

From a root of Latin famēs (“hunger”) with the suffix *-ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fa.min/

Noun

famine f (plural famines)

1. famine

Anagrams

• infâme

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin famēs (“hunger”).

Noun

famine f (oblique plural famines, nominative singular famine, nominative plural famines)

1. famine