Famine
//ˈfæmɪn//
Translations of "famine" (89 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afar | qulul(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Afrikaans | hongersnood(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Ainu | ケㇺ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | kem | |
| Ancient Greek | λιμός(extreme shortage of food in a region), λιμός(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | limós, limós | |
| Arabic | مَجَاعَة(extreme shortage of food in a region) | majāʕa | |
| Armenian | սով(extreme shortage of food in a region), սով(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | sov, sov | |
| Aromanian | foamitã(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | aclıq(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Bashkir | аслыҡ(extreme shortage of food in a region), йот(extreme shortage of food in a region) | aslıq, yot | |
| Basque | gosete(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Belarusian | го́лад(extreme shortage of food in a region), го́лад(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | hólad, hólad | |
| Bulgarian | глад(extreme shortage of food in a region), глад(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | glad, glad | |
| Burmese | ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခန္တရကပ်(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), အငတ်ဘေး(extreme shortage of food in a region) | dubbhikhkanta.ra.kap, a.ngatbhe: | |
| Cherokee | ᎠᎪᎾ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | agona | |
| Chichewa | njala(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 饑荒 /饥荒(extreme shortage of food in a region), 饑荒 /饥荒(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | jīhuāng, jīhuāng | |
| Church Slavic | гладъ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | gladŭ | |
| Coptic | ϩⲕⲟ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | hko | |
| Czech | hlad(extreme shortage of food in a region), hlad(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), hladomor(extreme shortage of food in a region), hladomor(a period of 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), nälänhätä(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| French | disette(extreme shortage of food in a region), famine(extreme shortage of food in a region), famine(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Galician | gambrina(extreme shortage of food in a region), garula(extreme shortage of food in a region), gatuza(extreme shortage of food in a region), laceira(extreme shortage of food in a region), lambrina(extreme shortage of food in a region), langrina(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Georgian | შიმშილი(extreme shortage of food in a region), შიმშილობა(extreme shortage of food in a region) | šimšili, šimšiloba | |
| German | Hunger(extreme shortage of food in a region), Hunger(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), Hungersnot(extreme shortage of food in a region), Hungersnot(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃(extreme shortage of food in a region), 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | hūhrus, hūhrus | |
| Greek | λιμός(extreme shortage of food in a region), πείνα(extreme shortage of food in a region) | limós, peína | |
| Gujarati | દુષ્કાળ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | duṣkāḷ | |
| Hebrew | רָעָב(extreme shortage of food in a region) | ra'áv | |
| Hindi | अकाल(extreme shortage of food in a region), अकाल(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | akāl, akāl | |
| 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), gorta(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Italian | carestia(extreme shortage of food in a region), carestia(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Japanese | 飢饉(extreme shortage of food in a region) | kikin | |
| Kabuverdianu | fómi(extreme shortage of food in a region), fómi(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Kazakh | ашаршылық(extreme shortage of food in a region), аштық(extreme shortage of food in a region) | aşarşylyq, aştyq | |
| Khmer | ទុរ្ភិក្ស(extreme shortage of food in a region) | tu’rəpʰik | |
| Korean | 기근(extreme shortage of food in a region), 기아(extreme shortage of food in a region) | gigeun, gia | |
| Kyrgyz | ачтык(extreme shortage of food in a region) | actık | |
| Latin | famēs(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Latvian | bads(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Literary Chinese | 饑饉(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | jījǐn | |
| Lithuanian | alkis(extreme shortage of food in a region), badas(extreme shortage of food in a region), badmetis(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | głod(extreme shortage of food in a region), głod(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Macedonian | глад(extreme shortage of food in a region) | glad | |
| Malayalam | പട്ടിണി(extreme shortage of food in a region) | paṭṭiṇi | |
| Mansaka | gutum(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Māori | matekaitanga(extreme shortage of food in a region), matekaitanga(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), tau nihoroa(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), tau tukuroa(a period of 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(extreme shortage of food in a region) | ölsgölön | |
| Navajo | dichin(extreme shortage of food in a region), hodichin(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | xela(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), hungersnød(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Occitan | famina(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Old English | hungor(extreme shortage of food in a region), hungor(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Persian | قحطی(extreme shortage of food in a region), گرسنگی(extreme shortage of food in a region) | qahti, gorosnegi | |
| Plautdietsch | Hungaschnoot(extreme shortage of food in a region), Hungaschnoot(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Polish | Głód(personification of famine), głód(extreme shortage of food in a region), głód(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), klęska głodu(extreme shortage of food in a region), klęska głodu(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Portuguese | fome(extreme shortage of food in a region), fome(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Romanian | foamete(extreme shortage of food in a region), foamete(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Russian | Го́лод(personification of famine), го́лод(extreme shortage of food in a region), го́лод(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | Gólod, gólod, gólod | |
| Saho | culul(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | gort(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | glad(extreme shortage of food in a region), глад(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Slovak | hlad(extreme shortage of food in a region), hlad(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), hladomor(extreme shortage of food in a region), hladomor(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Slovene | lakota(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Spanish | fambre (disused)(extreme shortage of food in a region), fame (disused)(extreme shortage of food in a region), fiaca(extreme shortage of food in a region), hambre(extreme shortage of food in a region), hambruna(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Swedish | hungersnöd(extreme shortage of food in a region), svält(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Tagalog | taggutom(extreme shortage of food in a region), taggutom(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Tajik | гуруснагӣ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | gurusnagi | |
| Tamil | பஞ்சம்(extreme shortage of food in a region) | pañcam | |
| Tatar | ачлык(extreme shortage of food in a region) | açlıq | |
| Thai | ข้าวยากหมากแพง(extreme shortage of food in a region), ทุพภิกขภัย(extreme shortage of food in a region) | kâao yâak màak paeng, túp-pík-kà-pai | |
| Tibetan | མུ་གེ(extreme shortage of food in a region) | mu ge | |
| Turkish | açlık(extreme shortage of food in a region), açlık(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), darlık(extreme shortage of food in a region), kıtlık(extreme shortage of food in a region), kıtlık(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), yokluk(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Ukrainian | го́лод(extreme shortage of food in a region), го́лод(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region), голодомо́р(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | hólod, hólod, holodomór | |
| Upper Sorbian | hłód(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Urdu | اکال(extreme shortage of food in a region) | akāl | |
| Vietnamese | nạn đói(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Welsh | newyn(extreme shortage of food in a region), newyn(a period of extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| West-Frisian | breakrapte(extreme shortage of food in a region), hongersneed(extreme shortage of food in a region) | — | |
| Yiddish | הונגער(extreme shortage of food in a region) | hunger |
qulul
hongersnood
foamitã
aclıq
gosete
njala
hlad, hlad, hladomor, hladomor
hungersnød
hongersnood
malsatego
näljahäda
nälänhätä, nälänhätä
disette, famine, famine
gambrina, garula, gatuza, laceira, lambrina, langrina
Hunger, Hunger, Hungersnot, Hungersnot
éhínség
hungursneyð
famino
gorta, gorta
carestia, carestia
fómi, fómi
famēs
bads
alkis, badas, badmetis
głod, głod
gutum
matekaitanga, matekaitanga, tau nihoroa, tau tukuroa
kanggotma
lafaminn
dichin, hodichin
xela
hungersnød
hungersnaud, hungersnød
famina
hungor, hungor
Hungaschnoot, Hungaschnoot
Głód, głód, głód, klęska głodu, klęska głodu
fome, fome
foamete, foamete
culul
gort
glad, глад
hlad, hlad, hladomor, hladomor
lakota
fambre (disused), fame (disused), fiaca, hambre, hambruna
hungersnöd, svält
taggutom, taggutom
açlık, açlık, darlık, kıtlık, kıtlık, yokluk
hłód
nạn đói
newyn, newyn
breakrapte, hongersneed
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