famine
/ˈfæmən/FA-muhn
/ˈfæmən/FA-muhn
Meaninghunger
Common meaning: a severe lack of food
- famhungerLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 723 · scan
- ineadjective ending: of the nature of
Journey through time
- Latinfamēs, -is‘hunger’
- Frenchfamine
- Middle Englishfaminesource
- Englishfamine‘a severe lack of food’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin famēs ‘hunger’.
Roots
- famēs, -is Latin “hunger”
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