Meaning of famine in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ˈfæmən/

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1. Noun

   famine

   Etymology

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

   Definitions

   1. an acute insufficiency
2. 2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death