fome

See also: fòme and ƒome

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔme̝/

Noun

fome f (plural fomes)

1. Alternative form of fame

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fame, from Vulgar Latin *faminem, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰə- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Spanish hambre (Old Spanish fambre), French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (any strong desire): avidez, sede

Derived terms

Terms derived from fome

• 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 terms

• faminto

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Spanish

Adjective

fome (plural fomes)

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

Synonyms

• aburrido