different between famine vs gamine

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)

1. (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.

2. (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....

3. (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.

4. 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)

1. 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)

1. famine

Related terms

• fain

Descendants

• Middle French: famine
  • ? English: famine
  • French: famine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gamine.

Noun

gamine (plural gamines)

1. A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
2. A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

Translations

Adjective

gamine (comparative more gamine, superlative most gamine)

1. (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; tomboyish.

Translations

See also

• gamin

Anagrams

• Enigma, enigma, imagen, in-game

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.min/

Noun

gamine f (plural gamines, masculine gamin)

1. kid (child)

Further reading

• “gamine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• igname

Middle English

Verb

gamine

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of gamen