affamement

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French affamement, from Old French afamement. By surface analysis, affamer (“to starve”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fa.mə.mɑ̃/

Noun

affamement m (plural affamements)

1. (rare) starving (causing people to starve)

Further reading

• “affamement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.