fome

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔme̝/

fome f (plural fomes)

1. Alternative form of fame

• “fame” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• fom, fam, foom, foome

From Old English fām, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz.

• IPA^(key): /fɔːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔːm

fome (plural fomes)

1. foam (a layer of bubbles associated with the sea)
2. Detritus that floats to the top of a fluid; residue.
3. The ocean (a large, open body of water)
4. (rare) spit, slobber (liquid emitted from the mouth, used in medieval medicine)

• fomen
• fomy
• fomynge

• English: foam
• Scots: fame, faym, faem

• “fōm (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

From Old Portuguese fame, from Latin famēs (“hunger”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin alternative accusative form Latin *fam(i)ne(m), or more likely a variant nominative form *famen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Spanish hambre (Old Spanish fambre), French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.mɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõmi/
• Hyphenation: fo‧me

fome f (plural fomes)

1. (uncountable) hunger (need or compelling desire for food)

   Tenho fome porque não como há três dias.

   I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten in three days.

   (literally, “I have hunger”)

2. (figuratively) hunger (any strong desire)

   Fome de poder.

   Hunger for power.

3. famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)

   Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.

   Many famines took place in Ethiopia.

• (any strong desire): avidez, sede

• faminto

fome (plural fomes)

1. (Chile, colloquial) boring, lame, uncool, dull

   Synonyms: aburrido, soso