fome

See also: fòme and ƒome

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔme̝/

NounEdit

fome f (plural fomes)

1. Alternative form of fame

ReferencesEdit

• “fame” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• fom, fam, foom, foome

EtymologyEdit

From Old English fām, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

NounEdit

fome (plural fomes)

1. foam (a layer of bubbles associated with the sea)
2. Detritus that floats to the top of a fluid; residue.
3. The ocean (a large, open body of water)
4. (rare) spit, slobber (liquid emitted from the mouth, used in medieval medicine)

Derived termsEdit

• fomen
• fomy
• fomynge

DescendantsEdit

• English: foam
• Scots: fame, faym, faem

ReferencesEdit

• “fōm (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old 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), French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.mɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõmi/
• Hyphenation: fo‧me

NounEdit

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. (figuratively) hunger (any strong desire)

   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.

SynonymsEdit

• (any strong desire): avidez, sede

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• cheio de fome
• enganar a fome
• esfomeado

• esfomear
• fome canina
• fome de bola

• fome de lobo
• fominha, fomezinha (diminutives)
• fomona (augmentative)

• matar a fome
• morrer de fome
• morto de fome

Related termsEdit

• faminto

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SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

fome (plural fomes)

1. (Chile, colloquial) boring, lame, uncool, dull

   Synonyms: aburrido, soso