hungry

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
  2. Causing hunger.
  3. (figuratively) Eager; having an avid desire or appetite for something.
  4. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved.

Frekwensie

A2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-West Germanic *hungrug, from Proto-Germanic *hungrugaz (“hungry”); equivalent to hunger + -y. Cognate with West Frisian hongerich (“hungry”), Dutch hongerig (“hungry”), German hungrig (“hungry”), Swedish hungrig (“hungry”), Icelandic hungraður (“hungry”).

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes