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foame
hunger /ˈfo̯a.me/
noun#769 most common
Also: starvation, craving for food
Example sentences
Mi-e foame.
I'm hungry.
Copilul plânge pentru că îi este foame.
The child is crying because he is hungry.
După antrenament, mi-a fost foarte foame.
After training, I was very hungry.
Foamea este cel mai bun bucătar, spune o zicală.
Hunger is the best cook, a saying goes.
Nu poți gândi limpede când te chinuie foamea.
You can't think clearly when hunger is tormenting you.
Satisfacerea foamei imediate a devenit prioritatea lor de supraviețuire.
Satisfying their immediate hunger became their priority for survival.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | foame / foamea | - |
| Genitive | foamei | - |
| Accusative | foame / foamea | - |
| Vocative | - | - |
Word family
flămândhungry
a flămânzito become hungry, to starve
înfometatstarving, famished
foametefamine
înfometarestarvation, the act of starving someone
Etymology
Foame comes directly from Latin fames, hunger, one of the small set of everyday words that passed from spoken Latin into Romanian with little change in form or meaning. It has stayed in continuous use for roughly two thousand years, unlike many other Latin words that were later replaced by Slavic or French borrowings. The same Latin root spread across the Romance family, each language shaping it to its own sound patterns.
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