fam
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Noun
fam (plural fams)
- (informal) Family.
- I'm gonna visit the fam.
- (colloquial, hospitality industry) Familiarization.
- The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.
- She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.
- (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
Bulu (Cameroon)
Noun
fam (plural befam)
- man (adult male human)
Catalan
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 150: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fam f (uncountable)
- hunger (desire for food)
- famine, starvation
Synonyms
- (hunger): gana
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Hausa
Etymology
Noun
fâm m (plural fàmā̀fàmai or fàmfàmai)
- pound (currency used in the UK, obsolete in Nigeria)
- (colloquial) 2 naira.
Karipúna Creole French
Etymology
From French femme (“woman; wife”), from Latin femina.
Pronunciation
Noun
fam
See also
References
- 1987, Alfred W. Tobler, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 8.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
Noun
fam
References
- Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Noun
fam
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English
Noun
fam
- Alternative form of fome
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan fam, from Latin famēs (“hunger”).
Noun
fam m (uncountable)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faimaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
fām n
Declension
Declension of fam (strong a-stem)
Descendants
- Middle English: fome(Please either change this template to {{desc}} or insert a ====Descendants==== section in fome#Middle English)
Old French
Noun
fam oblique singular, f (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fam, nominative plural fans)
- Alternative form of fame
Old Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fam
- 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.
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
Descendants
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) fom
Etymology
Noun
fam f (usually uncountable)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
fam
- Soft mutation of mam.
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian ههم (fahm).
Noun
fam
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