famine

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

carestia

fame

penuria

ristrettezza

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

famine

Hungersnot

hambre

fome

hambruna

disette

hongersnood

λιμός

açlık

fames

kıtlık

faim

xela

πείνα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfæmɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine spagnolo: hambruna

In summary

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