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Famine – definitions in English dictionary

noun

Extreme scarcity of food.

Usage examples:

Drought resulted in famine throughout the region

Synonims:

Scarcity of foodFood shortagesDeprivationWant
noun

An extreme lack of food in a region, causing suffering and death

Usage examples:

[ u ] widespread famine was reported in the region.

Famine translation into English

Famine: translate from English into Chinese

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饥荒, 饥馑, 荒, 饥, 荒歉

Famine: translate from English into Dutch

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Hongersnood, Schaarste

Famine: translate from English into French

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Famine, Pénurie

Famine: translate from English into German

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Hungersnot, Hunger, Knappheit

Famine: translate from English into Hindi

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अकाल, भुखमरी, कमी, अनाहार, दुष्काल, सूखा

Famine: translate from English into Italian

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Carestia, Genere

Famine: translate from English into Korean

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기근, 굶주림, 식량 부족, 고갈

Famine: translate from English into Russian

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Голод, Голодание, Недостаток

Famine: translate from English into Spanish

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Hambruna, Hambre, Carestía, Escasez

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French, from faim ‘hunger’, from Latin fames .

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Famine – similar words

famines

noun

Extreme scarcity of food.

Usage examples:

Drought resulted in famine throughout the region
noun

An extreme lack of food in a region, causing suffering and death

Usage examples:

[ u ] widespread famine was reported in the region.
Famines - all meanings in English

Famine synonims

deprivation

noun

The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.

Usage examples:

Low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation
noun

An absence or too little of something important

Usage examples:

[ c ] there were food shortages and other deprivations during the war.
Deprivation - all meanings in English

want

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple
noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Want - all meanings in English

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