affamé
French, adjective
affamé is spelled A-F-F-A-M-É (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Affamé is a French adjective meaning “hungry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of affamer. Without its accent, affame is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui souffre de la faim, par absence ou privation de nourriture, avoir très faim”.
What does affamé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hungry
verb
- 1
past participle of affamer
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui souffre de la faim, par absence ou privation de nourriture, avoir très faim. 2. Qui a de l’avidité pour quelque chose, qui souhaite quelque chose avec ardeur.
noun: 1. Personne affamée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of affamé
- affamée feminine
- affamés masculine plural
- affamées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to affamé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is affamé in French?
affamé appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).