hungry

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[edit] Etymology

Old English hungrig, from hungor 'hunger' (from the same).

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹiː/
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[edit] Adjective

hungry (comparative hungrier, superlative hungriest)

Positive
hungry

Comparative
hungrier

Superlative
hungriest

affected by hunger; desirous of food; having a physical need for food.
(figuratively) eager, having an avid desire ('appetite') for something.

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affected by hunger; desirous of food

Albanian: i uritur
Arabic: جائع ar(ar) (jaa’i`), جوعان ar(ar) (jaw`aan)
Armenian: սոված
Basque: gosebera
Bulgarian: гладен bg(bg) (gladen)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 飢餓 cmn(cmn), 饥饿 cmn(cmn) (jī'è), 餓 cmn(cmn), 饿 cmn(cmn) (è), 飢 cmn(cmn), 饥 cmn(cmn) (jī)
Croatian: gladan hr(hr)
Czech: hladový cs(cs) m.
Danish: sulten (to be hungry: at være sulten)
Dutch: hongerig (see usage notes on that page)
Esperanto: malsata eo(eo)
Estonian: näljane et(et)
Finnish: nälkäinen fi(fi)
French: avoir faim fr(fr), affamé fr(fr)
Georgian: მშიერი (mšieri), დამშეული (damšeuli)
German: hungrig de(de)
Greek: πεινασμένος el(el) m.
Hebrew: רעב he(he)
Hindi: भूखा
Hungarian: éhes hu(hu)
Ido: hungroza io(io)
Irish: ocrach ga(ga); (attributive) expressed by phrase using the noun ocras ga(ga) m. "hunger"
Italian: affamato it(it)

Japanese: 空腹な (くうるくな, kūfuku-na), 飢えた ja(ja) (うえた, ueta, かつえた, katsueta), お腹の空いていた ja(ja) (おなかのすいていた, o-naka-no suite ita)
Khmer: ឃ្លាន (klīən)
Korean: 배고픈 (baegopeun), 굶주린 (gumjurin)
Latin: esuriens, ieiunus
Latvian: izsalcis
Lithuanian: alkanas lt(lt) m., alkana lt(lt) f., išbadėjęs lt(lt) m., išbadėjusi lt(lt) f.
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: sulten no(no)
Persian: گرسنه fa(fa)
Polish: głodny pl(pl) m.
Romanian: flămând ro(ro)
Russian: гoлoдный ru(ru) (golódnyj)
Serbian: гладан sr(sr) (gladan)
Slovene: lačen sl(sl)
Spanish: hambriento es(es)
Swedish: hungrig sv(sv)
Thai: หิว (hĭw), ท้องเลว (tóng leo)
Tok Pisin: hanggre tpi(tpi)
Turkish: aç tr(tr)
Ukrainian: голодний uk(uk) (holódnyj)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: đói vi(vi)
Welsh: newynog
Yiddish: הונגעריק (hungerik)

eager, having a desire for something

Dutch: hongerend, hongerig, begerig, lustend, snakkend
Estonian: ihkav et(et)
Finnish: nälkäinen fi(fi)
German: gierig de(de)
Greek: πεινασμένος el(el) m.

Polish: spragniony pl(pl) m.
Russian: алчущий ru(ru) (álčuščij), жаждущий ru(ru) (žážduščij)
Spanish: hambriento es(es)
Swedish: hungrig sv(sv)
Thai: กระหาย (gràhăai)

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Bulgarian: гладен m., гладна f.
German: gierig
Icelandic: svangur, hungraður
Indonesian: lapar
Italian: affamato m., affamata f.
Korean: 고프다 (gopuda), 배고프다 (bae-gopuda)

Kurdish: birsî, birçî
Marshallese: kwule
Portuguese: com fome, esfomeado m., esfomeada f.
Slovak: hladný
Tamil: (pasi)

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