different between obesity vs famine

English

Etymology

From French obésité, from Latin ob?sit?s, from ob?sus (“fat”).

Noun

obesity (countable and uncountable, plural obesities)

1. (pathology) The state of being obese due to an excess of body fat.

Derived terms

• diabesity

Translations

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