From en.wiktionary.org:
[Hunger]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], [gem-pro], from [en].
Cognate with [fy], [fy], [nl], [nds-de], [de], [sv], [is].
**** Noun
[~]
1. A need or compelling desire for food .
2. [en] Any strong desire or need.
3. * [book=V]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
***** Usage notes
The phrase _be hungry_ is more common than _have hunger_ to express a need for
food.
***** Antonyms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[need for food]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Afar: [aa]
- Aghwan: [xag]
- Akan: [ak]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Andi: [ani]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Assamese: [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn] , [bn] , [bn]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Central Atlas Tamazight: [tzm]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chichewa: [ny]
- Chinese:
- Chukchi: [ckt]
- Chuvash: [cv] , [cv]
- Coptic: [cop]
- Cornish: [kw]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dalmatian: [dlm]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Egyptian: [ḥqr]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Even: [eve]
- Evenki: [evn]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el] [daily/ordinary need of food] , [el] [desperate need of food] , [el] [scarcity of food due to natural disaster] , [el] [scarcity of food due to war]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hadza: [hts]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Istriot: [ist]
- Istro-Romanian: [ruo]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea]
- Kapampangan: [pam] , [pam]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khalaj: [klj]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [ltg]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lingala: [ln]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Louisiana Creole French: [lou] , [lou]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maranao: [mrw]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Norman: [nrf] [Guernsey]
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Odia: [or]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: [orv]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old High German: [goh]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Papiamentu: [pap]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Rohingya: [rhg]
- Romagnol: [rgn]
- Romani: [rom]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Saho: [ssy]
- Sango: [sg]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Sardinian: [sc]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Sindhi: [sd]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [colloquial] , [es] [colloquial] , [es] [Spain, colloquial] , [es] [great or extreme hunger] , [es] [disused] , [es] [intense hunger] , [es] [excessive hunger] , [es] [excessive hunger]
- Sranan Tongo: [srn]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Tetum: [tet] , [tet]
- Thai: [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tocharian B: [txb]
- Tumbuka: [tum]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Ugaritic: [uga]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Vili: [vif]
- Votic: [vot]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy] , [fy]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[strong desire]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en], [ang], [ang], from [en], from [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To be in need of food .
2. * [Romans]
3. [en] To have a desire (for); to long ; to yearn .
4. * [Matthew]
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1993 | author=w:The The | title=w:Love Is Stronger Than Death
|passage=In our lives we HUNGER for those we cannot touch.}}
1. [en] To make hungry; to famish .
***** Derived terms
- [en] / [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[need food]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Coptic: [cop]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Karakhanid: [xqa]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Louisiana Creole French: [lou]
- Norwegian:
- Old Church Slavonic: [cu]
- Old Prussian: [prg]
- Old Turkic: [otk]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt] [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] [with dative]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Yakut: [sah]
[trans-bottom]
[desire]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] [archaic]
- French: [fr]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Old Church Slavonic: [cu]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- [R:Webster 1913]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Danish
*** Etymology
From [da].
*** Noun
[en]
1. [da] [en]
1. [da] a strong urge ; a longing (for something)
**** Declension
[en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|da |hungersnød |hungerkatastrofe |hungerramt |livshunger |ulvehunger
|hungersnødsramt }}
**** Related terms
- [da]
- [da]
*** Further reading
- [R:Den Danske Ordbog]
** German
*** Verb
[de]
1. [de]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], from [enm], from [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[-]
1. Hungriness ; the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation.
2. [en] ; a great lack or death of food or nutrition.
3. * [c]
4. A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger.
5. * [enm]
6. Hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger.
7. [enm] Any strong drive or compulsion.
**** Derived terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry= hunger ]
[enm]
** Middle High German
*** Etymology
[gmh]
*** Pronunciation
[gmh-IPA]
*** Noun
[m]
1. famine
2. [en] [need for food]
3. [gmh] [en] [strong desire]
**** Declension
[m.sg]
**** Descendants
- [gmw-cfr]
- [hrx]
- [lb]
- [cim]
- [de]
- [yi]
*** References
- [id=H01634]
- [hunger]
[gmh]
** North Frisian
*** Alternative forms
- [frr]
- [frr]
*** Etymology
from [frr], from [frr], from [frr].
*** Noun
[frr]
1. [frr] [en]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
From [nb], from [nb].
*** Noun
[nb-noun-mu]
1. [en]
**** Synonyms
- [nb]
**** Derived terms
- [nb]
**** Related terms
- [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology
From [nn].
*** Noun
[nn] [nn]
1. [en]
**** Synonyms
- [nn]
**** Derived terms
- [nn] , [nn]
**** Related terms
- [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Etymology
From [sv], from [sv].
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[sv-noun-unc-irreg-c]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
**** Related terms
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]