famine

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• /ˈfæmɪn/
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Borrowed from Middle French famine, itself from the root of Latin fames. Cognate with Spanish hambruna (“famine”).

159 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: Głód — personification of famine
• Russian: Го́лод (Gólod) — personification of famine
• Afar: qulul — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Afrikaans: hongersnood — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ainu: ケㇺ (kem) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Arabic: مَجَاعَة (majāʕa) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Armenian: սով (sov) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Aromanian: foamitã — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Azerbaijani: aclıq — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Bashkir: аслыҡ (aslıq) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Bashkir: йот (yot) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Basque: gosete — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Belarusian: го́лад (hólad) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Bulgarian: глад (glad) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Burmese: အငတ်ဘေး (a.ngatbhe:) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Cherokee: ᎠᎪᎾ (agona) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Chichewa: njala — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Chinese Mandarin: 饑荒 /饥荒 (jīhuāng) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Coptic: ϩⲕⲟ (hko) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Czech: hladomor — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Czech: hlad — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Danish: hungersnød — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Dutch: hongersnood — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Esperanto: malsatego — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Estonian: näljahäda — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Finnish: nälänhätä — extreme shortage of food in a region
• French: famine — extreme shortage of food in a region
• French: disette — extreme shortage of food in a region
• West-Frisian: hongersneed — extreme shortage of food in a region
• West-Frisian: breakrapte — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: laceira — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: langrina — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: lambrina — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: gambrina — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: gatuza — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Galician: garula — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Georgian: შიმშილი (šimšili) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Georgian: შიმშილობა (šimšiloba) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• German: Hungersnot — extreme shortage of food in a region
• German: Hunger — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hūhrus) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Greek: λιμός (limós) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Greek: πείνα (peína) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ancient Greek: λιμός (limós) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Gujarati: દુષ્કાળ (duṣkāḷ) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Hebrew: רָעָב (ra'áv) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Hindi: अकाल (akāl) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Hungarian: éhínség — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Icelandic: hungursneyð — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ido: famino — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Irish: gorta — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Italian: carestia — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Japanese: 飢饉 (kikin) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kabuverdianu: fómi — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kashmiri: درٛاگ (drāg) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kazakh: ашаршылық (aşarşylyq) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kazakh: аштық (aştyq) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Khmer: ទុរ្ភិក្ស (tu’rəphik) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Korean: 기아 (gia) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Korean: 기근 (gigeun) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Northern Kurdish: xela — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kyrgyz: ачтык (actık) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Latin: famēs — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Latvian: bads — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Lithuanian: badmetis — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Lithuanian: alkis — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Lithuanian: badas — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Macedonian: глад (glad) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Malayalam: പട്ടിണി (paṭṭiṇi) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Mansaka: gutum — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Māori: matekaitanga — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Maranao: kanggotma — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Mauritian Creole: lafaminn — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Mongolian: өлсгөлөн (ölsgölön) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Navajo: hodichin — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Navajo: dichin — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Norwegian Bokmål: hungersnød — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hungersnaud — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hungersnød — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Occitan: famina — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Church Slavic: гладъ (gladŭ) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Old English: hungor — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Persian: قحطی (qahti) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Persian: گرسنگی (gorosnegi) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Plautdietsch: Hungaschnoot — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Polish: głód — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Polish: klęska głodu — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Portuguese: fome — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Romanian: foamete — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Russian: го́лод (gólod) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Saho: culul — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Scottish Gaelic: gort — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Serbo-Croatian: глад — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Serbo-Croatian: glad — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Slovak: hladomor — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Slovak: hlad — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Slovene: lakota — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Lower Sorbian: głod — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Upper Sorbian: hłód — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Spanish: hambruna — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Spanish: hambre — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Spanish: fame (disused) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Spanish: fambre (disused) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Spanish: fiaca — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Swedish: hungersnöd — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tagalog: taggutom — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tajik: гуруснагӣ (gurusnagi) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tamil: பஞ்சம் (pañcam) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tatar: ачлык (açlıq) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Thai: ทุพภิกขภัย (túp-pík-kà-pai) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Thai: ข้าวยากหมากแพง (kâao yâak màak paeng) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tibetan: མུ་གེ (mu ge) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: kıtlık — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: açlık — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: yokluk — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: darlık — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ukrainian: го́лод (hólod) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Urdu: اکال (akāl) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Vietnamese: nạn đói — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Welsh: newyn — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Yiddish: הונגער (hunger) — extreme shortage of food in a region
• Armenian: սով (sov) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Belarusian: го́лад (hólad) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Bulgarian: глад (glad) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Burmese: ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခန္တရကပ် (dubbhikhkanta.ra.kap) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Literary Chinese: 饑饉 (jījǐn) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Chinese Mandarin: 饑荒 /饥荒 (jīhuāng) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Czech: hladomor — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Czech: hlad — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Finnish: nälänhätä — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• French: famine — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• German: Hungersnot — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• German: Hunger — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hūhrus) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ancient Greek: λιμός (limós) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Hindi: अकाल (akāl) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Irish: gorta — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Italian: carestia — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Kabuverdianu: fómi — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Māori: matekaitanga — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Māori: tau tukuroa — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Māori: tau nihoroa — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Old English: hungor — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Plautdietsch: Hungaschnoot — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Polish: głód — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Polish: klęska głodu — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Portuguese: fome — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Romanian: foamete — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Russian: го́лод (gólod) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Slovak: hladomor — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Slovak: hlad — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Lower Sorbian: głod — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Swedish: svält — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Tagalog: taggutom — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: kıtlık — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Turkish: açlık — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ukrainian: го́лод (hólod) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Ukrainian: голодомо́р (holodomór) — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region
• Welsh: newyn — a period of extreme shortage of food in a region