Translation
hunger
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Word origin
From Latin fames ('hunger').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fames
- English cognates
- famine, famished
Grammar
Examples
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I am very hungry, can we stop and eat something?
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The children are always hungry after school.
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Hunger in the world remains a big problem today.
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Do not make important decisions when you are hungry.
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Hunger in the world remains a big problem of our time.
est un nom féminin qui s'emploie principalement avec avoir : avoir faim (to be hungry). Ne pas confondre avec fin (end). Avoir une faim de loup (to be ravenous, literally wolf-hungry) est une expression idiomatique. Manger à sa faim signifie manger autant qu'on le désire.
Mourir de faim (to be starving, literally to die of hunger) est une hyperbole courante. La faim justifie les moyens est une adaptation de la maxime machiavélique. Crève-la-faim (starving person) est un nom composé familier. Famine (f) est le terme pour la famine à grande échelle.
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This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 4: faim, dame, personnel and 7 more words.