foamete
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foamete¹
- /ˈfo̯a.me.te/
Rhymes with -amete
Where it comes from
Probably from foame, or from an unknown Latin root derived from fames as a parallel formation to foame. Compare also the plural declension of words like cap > capete. Another possibility is that it was influenced in spoken Latin by fomes, fomitem. Compare Aromanian foamitã.
noun foamete · foametea · foametele
- famine, starvation
Foamete²
Where it comes from
From foamete.
proper noun lui Foamete
- a surname
In English
- famine extreme shortage of food in a region
- starvation condition
Talk about this word "foamete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. foamete. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete "foamete." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/foamete.Cite this
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