la
/fɛ̃/
Translation
hunger
Word origin
From Latin fames ('hunger').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fames
- English cognates
- famine, famished
Grammar
Examples
J' , ' ?
I am very hungry, can we stop and eat something?
.
Do not make important decisions when you are hungry.
aujourd'hui.
Hunger in the world remains a big problem today.
l' .
The children are always hungry after school on Tuesdays.
.
Hunger in the world remains a big problem of our time.
Faim est un nom feminin 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 a sa faim signifie manger autant qu'on le desire.
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 machiavelique. Creve-la-faim (starving person) est un nom compose familier. Famine (f) est le terme pour la famine a grande echelle.
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