fame

Signification

1. (feminine) hunger
2. (feminine) famine

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈfamɪ]

Étymologie

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *fam(i)ne(m) or more likely *famen, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Cognate with Portuguese fome, French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame.