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fome

See also: fòme and ƒome

Galician edit

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fome f (plural fomes)

  1. Alternative form of fame

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Middle English edit

Noun edit

fome

  1. Alternative form of fom

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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese fame, from Latin famēs (“hunger”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin alternative accusative form Latin *fam(i)ne(m), or more likely a variant nominative form *famen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Spanish hambre (Old Spanish fambre), Catalan fam, French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

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  • Hyphenation: fo‧me

Noun edit

fome f (plural fomes)

  1. (uncountable) hunger (need or compelling desire for food)
    Tenho fome porque não como há três dias.
    I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten in three days.
    (literally, “I have hunger”)
  2. (figurative) hunger (any strong desire)
    Synonyms: avidez, sede
    Fome de poder.
    Hunger for power.
  3. famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)
    Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.
    Many famines took place in Ethiopia.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfome/ [ˈfo.me]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Syllabification: fo‧me

Adjective edit

fome m or f (masculine and feminine plural fomes)

  1. (Chile, colloquial) boring, unfunny, lame, uncool, dull, stale
    Synonyms: aburrido, soso

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