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famine

/ˈfamɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfamɪn/
famine
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

fa - mine -> famine

Myanmar meaning

(n) ငတ်မွတ်ခေါင်းပါးမှု။

Full entry

famine / 'fæmÇn / n [C,U]

ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခန္တရကပ်။ ငတ်မွတ်ခြင်းဘေးကြီး။
a famine in Ethiopia. ❍ raise money for famine relief ❍ The long drought was followed by months of severe famine. ❍ HUNGER

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  • famine / 'fæmÇn / n [C,U] ဒုဗ္ဘိက္ခန္တရကပ်။ ငတ်မွတ်ခြင်းဘေးကြီး။ a famine in Ethiopia.
  • raise money for famine relief
  • The long drought was followed by months of severe famine.
Synonyms
food shortage, food crisis, scarcity, want, dearth, starvation, deprivation, shortage, destitution, drought, hunger, misery, paucity, poverty
Antonyms
abundance, feast, plenty, stores, supply
Cross references
food shortagefood crisisscarcitywantdearthstarvationdeprivationshortagedestitutiondroughthungermiserypaucitypovertyabundancefeastplentystoressupplyforlongmoneyraisereliefseverethewas
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