different between famine vs faine
famine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæm?n/
- Rhymes: -æm?n
- Hyphenation: fam?ine
Noun
famine (countable and uncountable, plural famines)
- (uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- 1971, Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
- Dr. Bhatia pointed out that famine had occurred in all ages and in all societies where means of communication and transport were not developed.
- 1971, Central Institute of Research & Training in Public Cooperation
- (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
- The root causes of the current famine are known: poverty, low health standards....
- 1986, United States Congress, House Select Committee on Hunger, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Famine and Recovery in Africa
- (dated) Starvation or malnutrition.
- 1871 (orig. 426), Augustine, The City of God, transl. Marcus Dods:
- His own flesh, however, which he lost by famine, shall be restored to him by Him who can recover even what has evaporated.
- 1871 (orig. 426), Augustine, The City of God, transl. Marcus Dods:
- Severe shortage or lack of something.
- the Lancashire Cotton Famine
Translations
Anagrams
- imafen, infame
French
Etymology
From Middle French and Old French famine, formed from the root of Latin fam?s (“hunger”) with the suffix -ine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.min/
Noun
famine f (plural famines)
- famine
Derived terms
- crier famine
Related terms
- faim
Further reading
- “famine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- infâme
Old French
Etymology
Formed from the root of Latin fam?s (“hunger”), with the suffix -ine.
Noun
famine f (oblique plural famines, nominative singular famine, nominative plural famines)
- famine
Related terms
- fain
Descendants
- Middle French: famine
- ? English: famine
- French: famine
famine From the web:
- what famine means
- what famine bandcamp
- what famine definition
- what famines are happening now
- what famine causes
- what famine synonym
- what famine in english
- what famine relief
faine
English
Noun
faine (plural faines)
- Obsolete spelling of fane
Verb
faine (third-person singular simple present faines, present participle faining, simple past and past participle fained)
- Obsolete spelling of fain
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?n/
Noun
faine f (plural faines)
- Post-1990 spelling of faîne.
Further reading
- “faine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
faine f
- plural of faina
faine From the web:
- what does fain mean
- what does famine mean
- what does faineant mean
- what does fairness mean
- what does fairest mean
- what does finance mean
- what does faineant
- what is faine in italian
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- famine vs faine
- fen vs fenne
- dragon vs fenne
- terms vs rannel
- rannel vs pannel
- rannel vs runnel
- cannel vs rannel
- prostitute vs rannel
- funnel vs fannel
- fained vs faired
- gained vs fained
- scramble vs hasten
- gank vs fank
- sank vs fank
- fank vs fink
- fank vs yank
- fank vs fak
- fank vs hank
- fank vs lank
- fand vs fank