famine

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
2. (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
3. (countable, dated, uncountable) Starvation or malnutrition.
4. (countable, uncountable) Severe shortage or lack of something.

Sinonieme

hunger

scarcity

starvation

dearth

shortage

drought

hungriness

food shortage

die of hunger

destitution

shortage of food

lack

pula

poor crops

waste

extreme dearth

hership

acute shortage

great famine

crop failure

deep water

deficiency

desert

🏜️

distress

hole

🕳️

hungry

insufficient

lacking

want

hunger-strike

Vertalings

famine

Hungersnot

hambre

carestia

fome

hambruna

disette

hongersnood

λιμός

açlık

fame

kıtlık

fames

faim

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfæmɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Spaans: hambruna

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).