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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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fom, fam, foom, foome

Etymology

From Old English fām, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

fome (plural fomes)

1. foam (a layer of bubbles associated with the sea)
2. Detritus that floats to the top of a fluid; residue.
3. The ocean (a large, open body of water)
4. (rare) spit, slobber (liquid emitted from the mouth, used in medieval medicine)

Derived terms

• fomen
• fomy
• fomynge

Descendants

• English: foam
• Scots: fame, faym, faem

References

• “fōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.m(ɨ)/
• (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.

   Synonyms: avidez, sede

3. famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)

   Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.

   Many famines took place in Ethiopia.

Derived terms

• 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, unfunny, lame, uncool, dull, stale

   Synonyms: aburrido, soso

Further reading

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