fome
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
fome f (plural fomes)
- Alternative form of fame
References
- “fame” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English fām, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
fome (plural fomes)
- foam (a layer of bubbles associated with the sea)
- Detritus that floats to the top of a fluid; residue.
- The ocean (a large, open body of water)
- (rare) spit, slobber (liquid emitted from the mouth, used in medieval medicine)
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Descendants
References
- “fōm (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-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
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- Hyphenation: fo‧me
Noun
fome f (plural s)
- (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”)
- (figurative) hunger (any strong desire)
- Fome de poder.
- Hunger for power.
- famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)
- Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.
- Many famines took place in Ethiopia.
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Spanish
Adjective
fome m or f (masculine and feminine plural fomes)
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