Famine

//ˈfæmɪn//

Synonyms for "famine" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
dearth

Strong matches (14)

Related words (23)

Noun(1 words)
shortage
Proper Noun(1 words)
the black rider

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8 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes

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derived

14 entries

derived from

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

158 translations across 89 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • qulul noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • hongersnood noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Ainu

1 entries
  • ケㇺ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • λιμός noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • λιμός noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مَجَاعَة noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Armenian

2 entries
  • սով noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • սով noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • foamitã noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • aclıq noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • аслыҡ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • йот noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Basque

1 entries
  • gosete noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • го́лад noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • го́лад noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • глад noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • глад noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခန္တရကပ် noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • အငတ်ဘေး noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᎪᎾ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • njala noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 饑荒 /饥荒 noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • 饑荒 /饥荒 noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • гладъ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ϩⲕⲟ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Czech

4 entries
  • hlad noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hlad noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hladomor noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hladomor noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Danish

1 entries
  • hungersnød noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Dutch

1 entries
  • hongersnood noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malsatego noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Estonian

1 entries
  • näljahäda noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nälänhätä noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • nälänhätä noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

French

3 entries
  • disette noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • famine noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • famine noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Galician

4 entries
  • gambrina noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • garula noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • gatuza noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • laceira noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შიმშილი noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • შიმშილობა noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

German

4 entries
  • Hunger noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • Hunger noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • Hungersnot noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • Hungersnot noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Greek

2 entries
  • λιμός noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • πείνα noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • દુષ્કાળ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רָעָב noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अकाल noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • अकाल noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • éhínség noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hungursneyð noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Ido

1 entries
  • famino noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Irish

2 entries
  • gorta noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • gorta noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Italian

2 entries
  • carestia noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • carestia noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 飢饉 noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • fómi noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • fómi noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ашаршылық noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • аштық noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទុរ្ភិក្ស noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기근 noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • 기아 noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ачтык noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Latin

1 entries
  • famēs noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bads noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Literary Chinese

1 entries
  • 饑饉 noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • alkis noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • badas noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • badmetis noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • głod noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • głod noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • глад noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പട്ടിണി noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • gutum noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Maranao

1 entries
  • kanggotma noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • lafaminn noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • өлсгөлөн noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Māori

4 entries
  • matekaitanga noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • matekaitanga noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • tau nihoroa noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • tau tukuroa noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Navajo

2 entries
  • dichin noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hodichin noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • xela noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • hungersnød noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • hungersnaud noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hungersnød noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Occitan

1 entries
  • famina noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Old English

2 entries
  • hungor noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hungor noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Persian

2 entries
  • قحطی noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • گرسنگی noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Hungaschnoot noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • Hungaschnoot noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Polish

4 entries
  • Głód name (personification of famine)
  • głód noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • głód noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • klęska głodu noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • fome noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • fome noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Romanian

2 entries
  • foamete noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • foamete noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Russian

3 entries
  • Го́лод name (personification of famine)
  • го́лод noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • го́лод noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Saho

1 entries
  • culul noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • gort noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • glad noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • глад noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Slovak

4 entries
  • hlad noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hlad noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hladomor noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hladomor noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Slovene

1 entries
  • lakota noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Spanish

4 entries
  • fambre (disused) noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • fame (disused) noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • fiaca noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hambre noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Swedish

2 entries
  • hungersnöd noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • svält noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • taggutom noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • taggutom noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гуруснагӣ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பஞ்சம் noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ачлык noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Thai

2 entries
  • ข้าวยากหมากแพง noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • ทุพภิกขภัย noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མུ་གེ noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Turkish

4 entries
  • açlık noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • açlık noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • darlık noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • kıtlık noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • го́лод noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • го́лод noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • голодомо́р noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hłód noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Urdu

1 entries
  • اکال noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nạn đói noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Welsh

2 entries
  • newyn noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • newyn noun (a period of extreme shortage of food in a region)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • breakrapte noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)
  • hongersneed noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הונגער noun (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.

Source: tatoeba (20072)

Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.

Source: tatoeba (20073)

Disease and famine go together.

Source: tatoeba (20074)

Can you share food with others in the face of famine?

Source: tatoeba (20075)

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