fam

See also: Fam, fam., Fam., and fám

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

fam (plural fams)

1. (informal) Family.

   I'm gonna visit the fam.

2. (colloquial, hospitality industry) Familiarization.

   The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.

   She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.

3. (slang, African American Vernacular, MLE, Canada) A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.

   Hey fam, how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.

Anagrams

• AFM, AMF, FMA, MAF, MFA

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Bulu (Cameroon)

Noun

fam (plural befam)

1. man (adult male human)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fam, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfam/

Noun

fam f (uncountable)

1. hunger (desire for food)
2. famine, starvation

Synonyms

• (hunger): gana

Derived terms

• afamar

Related terms

• famolenc

Further reading

• “fam” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English pound.

Noun

fâm m (plural fàmā̀fàmai or fàmfàmai)

1. pound (currency used in the UK, obsolete in Nigeria)
2. (colloquial) 2 naira.

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Karipúna Creole French

Etymology

From French femme (“woman; wife”), from Latin femina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfam/

Noun

fam

1. woman (adult female human)
2. wife (married woman)

See also

• uóm

References

• 1987, Alfred W. Tobler, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 8.

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French femme (“woman”).

Noun

fam

1. woman

References

• Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French femme

Noun

fam

1. (derogatory) woman

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Middle English

Noun

fam

1. Alternative form of fome

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan fam, from Latin famēs (“hunger”).

Noun

fam m (uncountable)

1. hunger

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faimaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑːm/

Noun

fām n

1. foam

Declension

Declension of fam (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fām	fām
accusative	fām	fām
genitive	fāmes	fāma
dative	fāme	fāmum

Descendants

• Middle English: fome, fom, fam, foom, foome
  • English: foam
  • Scots: fame, faym, faem

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Old French

Noun

fam f (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fam, nominative plural fans)

1. Alternative form of fame

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin famēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fam/

Noun

fam

1. hunger
   • c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:

     Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.

     For without her I cannot live, such great hunger have I for her love.

Descendants

• Catalan: fam
• Occitan: fam

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) fom

Etymology

From Latin famēs.

Noun

fam f (usually uncountable)

1. (Puter) hunger

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Noun

fam

1. Soft mutation of mam.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mam	fam	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian ههم‎ (fahm).

Noun

fam ?

1. intelligence