fome

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See also: fòme and ƒome

Galician[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfɔme̝/

Noun[edit]

fome f (plural fomes)

Alternative form of fame

References[edit]

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

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

fome

Alternative form of fom

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old 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), French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.me/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.m(ɨ)/

Hyphenation: fo‧me

Noun[edit]

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”)
(figuratively) hunger (any strong desire)
Fome de poder.
Hunger for power.

Synonyms: avidez, sede
famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)
Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.
Many famines took place in Ethiopia.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

faminto

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈfome/, [ˈfo.me]

Adjective[edit]

fome (plural fomes)

(Chile, colloquial) boring, unfunny, lame, uncool, dull, stale
Synonyms: aburrido, soso

Further reading[edit]

“fome”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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