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Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
fome f (plural fomes)
- Alternative form of fame
References
Middle English
Noun
fome
- Alternative form of fom
Portuguese
Etymology
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”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
fome f (plural fomes)
- (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”)
- (figurative) hunger (any strong desire)
- Synonyms: avidez, sede
Fome de poder.- Hunger for power.
- famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)
Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.- Many famines took place in Ethiopia.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfome/
- Rhymes: -ome
- Syllabification: fo‧me
Adjective
fome m or f (masculine and feminine plural fomes)
- (Chile, colloquial) boring, unfunny, lame, uncool, dull, stale
- Synonyms: aburrido, soso
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