Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch fame, from Old French fame, from Latin fāma.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /faːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: faam
  • Rhymes: -aːm

Noun edit

faam m (uncountable)

  1. reputation, fame

Derived terms edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian famne (girl), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

faam c (plural fammen, diminutive famke)

  1. girl
    Coordinate term: jonge
  2. maidservant
  3. girlfriend
    Coordinate term: feint
  4. virgin

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • faam (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011