faim

From Latin famēs.

faim f (plural faims)

1. hunger

Inherited from Old French faim, fain, from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Portuguese fome, Italian fame and Romanian foame.

• IPA^(key): /fɛ̃/

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• Homophones: faims, fin, fins, feins, feint, feints
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

faim f (plural faims)

1. hunger (desire of food)
2. hunger (strong desire)

• appétit
• fringale

• satiété

• famine

• Louisiana Creole: fim

• “faim”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French faim (“hunger”).

faim

1. hunger

faim

1. to be hungry

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales