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fpm
English
Noun
fpm (plural fpms)
- Initialism of feet per minute.
- Initialism of fellow management program.
Coordinate terms
- (feet per minute): fps (feet per second)
Anagrams
- MFP, PFM, PMF, pmf
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fam
English
Etymology
Clipping of family and familiarization
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
Noun
fam (plural fams)
- (informal) Family.
- I'm gonna visit the fam.
- (colloquial, hospitality industry) Familiarization.
- The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.
- She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.
- (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Canada) A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
- Hey fam, how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.
Anagrams
- AFM, AMF, FMA, MAF, MFA
Bulu (Cameroon)
Noun
fam (plural befam)
- man (adult male human)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan fam, from Latin fam?s (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?H- (“to disappear”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?fam/
Noun
fam f (uncountable)
- hunger (desire for food)
- famine, starvation
Synonyms
- (hunger): gana
Derived terms
- afamar
Related terms
- famolenc
Further reading
- “fam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fam” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fam” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English pound.
Noun
fâm m (plural fàm??fàmai or fàmfàmai)
- pound (currency used in the UK, obsolete in Nigeria)
- (colloquial) 2 naira.
Karipúna Creole French
Etymology
From French femme (“woman; wife”), from Latin femina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fam/
Noun
fam
- woman
- wife
See also
- uóm
References
- 1987, Alfred W. Tobler, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 8.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French femme (“woman”).
Noun
fam
- woman
References
- Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French femme
Noun
fam
- (derogatory) woman
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Middle English
Noun
fam
- Alternative form of fome
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan fam, from Latin fam?s (“hunger”).
Noun
fam m (uncountable)
- hunger
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *faimaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??m/
Noun
f?m n
- foam
Declension
Derived terms
- f?man
- f?mi?
Descendants
- Middle English: fome, fom, fam, foom, foome
- English: foam
- Scots: fame, faym, faem
Old French
Noun
fam f (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fam, nominative plural fans)
- Alternative form of fame
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin fam?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fam/
Noun
fam
- hunger
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.
- For without her I cannot live, such great hunger have I for her love.
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
Descendants
- Catalan: fam
- Occitan: fam
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) fom
Etymology
From Latin fam?s.
Noun
fam f (usually uncountable)
- (Puter) hunger
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vam/
Noun
fam
- Soft mutation of mam.
Mutation
Zazaki
Etymology
Related to Persian ???? (fahm).
Noun
fam ?
- intelligence
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