English Explanatory Dictionary

hunger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A need or compelling desire for food.
  2. Any strong desire or need.
verb
  1. To be in need of food.
  2. To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
  3. To make hungry; to famish.

Pronunciation

/ˈhʌŋɡə/ /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/ En-us-hunger.ogg

Word forms

hunger hungers hungering hungered

Etymology

From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).

Antonyms

satiety satiation

Related words

thirst

Derived words

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Translations

Abkhaz: амла Afar: luwa Aghwan: 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕚 Akan: ɔkɔm Albanian: uri Southern Altai: ач Andi: моко Arabic: جُوع Arabic: جوع Arabic: يوع Aragonese: fambre Armenian: քաղց Armenian: սով Aromanian: foami Assamese: ভোক Asturian: fame Avar: ракъи Azerbaijani: aclıq Bangi: nzala Bashkir: аслыҡ Basque: gose Belarusian: го́лад Bengali: খিদা Bengali: ভুখ Bengali: ক্ষুধা Bengali: ভুক Breton: naon Bulgarian: глад Burmese: အငတ် Burmese: အဆာ Carpathian Rusyn: го́лод Catalan: gana Catalan: fam Cebuano: gutom Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⴰⵥ Chechen: мацалла Chichewa: njala Chinese Mandarin: 飢餓 /饥饿 Chukchi: гытъатгыргын Chuvash: выҫӑ Chuvash: выҫлӑх Coptic: ϩⲕⲟ Cornish: nown Czech: hlad Dalmatian: fum Danish: sult Dutch: honger Dutch: trek Egyptian: H-q:r-A2 Esperanto: malsato
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