famine

/fa.min/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les famines

Meaning

  1. famine

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Hungersnot

Hungersnot is the German word for the same thing — both mean "famine."

Spanish

hambruna

hambruna is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "famine."

Practice

1 What does famine mean?

2 Fill the gap: La sécheresse mène à la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches famine?

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