foamete

Romanian

Alternative forms

• фоамете (foamete) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Probably from foame, or from an unknown Latin root derived from fames as a parallel formation to foame. Compare also the plural declension of words like cap > capete. Another possibility is that it was influenced in spoken Latin by fomes, fomitem. Compare Aromanian foamitã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo̯a.me.te/
• Rhymes: -amete
• Hyphenation: foa‧me‧te

Noun

foamete f (plural foamete)

1. famine, starvation

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	foamete	foametea		foamete	foametele
genitive-dative	foamete	foametei		foamete	foametelor
vocative	foamete, foameteo			foametelor

Derived terms

• înfometa
• fometos

Related terms

• foame

Further reading

• “foamete”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026