fome
Portuguese, noun/ˈfõ.mi/
fome is spelled F-O-M-E (4 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,045th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fome is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hunger (need or compelling desire for food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “necessidade de comer ou grande apetite; sofreguidão”.
What does fome mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehunger (need or compelling desire for food)
Tenho fome porque não como há três dias.
- 2
femininehunger (any strong desire)
Fome de poder.
- 3
femininefamine (extreme shortage of food in a region)
Ocorreram várias fomes na Etiópia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. necessidade de comer ou grande apetite; sofreguidão 2. desejo ardente; falta; miséria
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fome
- fomes plural
- fame alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fome?
- Brazil /ˈfõ.mi/
- Portugal /ˈfɔ.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fome
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fome in Portuguese?
fome appears 93 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).