hunger en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈhʌŋɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈhɐ̞ŋɡə] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈhʌŋɡəɾ/ (Scotland)
- [ˈhʌŋɡə] (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈhʌŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈhʌŋɡɹ̩] (General-American)
- /ˈhʊŋɡə/ (Northern-England)
- /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈhɐŋɡə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
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”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Faroese and Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A need or compelling desire for food.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) Any strong desire or need.
When gangsters bump my shit, can they feel my hunger?
2003, “What Up Gangsta”, in Curtis Jackson, Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin', performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:Putin's unwillingness to declare another partial reserve call up has created a wider manpower hunger in the Russian military and border service, and Putin alone maintains the ability to remedy this issue.
2025 February 6, Angelica Evans, “Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment”, in Ukraine Project, Institute for the Study of War:I have a hunger to win.
O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hungers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
hanger · shell hunger · antihunger · hunger is the best spice · ravenous hunger · hunger is the best seasoning · hungerbitten · skin hunger · hungry · hungerful · hunger pang · hunger moon · earth-hunger · hunger is the best pickle · gold hunger · hunger strike · hunger is the best sauce · sex-hunger · enhunger · hungerer · hunger sauce · hunger pain · hungersome · air hunger · hungerless · anti-hunger · hungerly · hunger stone · hunger-pain · hunger knock · father hunger · hunger is a good sauce
Relateds
Translations (258)
grc λιμός (need for food) · fr faim (need for food) · vec fan (need for food) · es gazuza (need for food) · ms lapar (need for food) · ak ɔkɔm (need for food) · as ভোক (need for food) · cv выҫӑ (need for food) · fi nälkä (need for food) · alt ач (need for food) · es fambre (desus.) (need for food) · cy newyn (need for food) · lmo famm (need for food) · qu yarqay (need for food) · pap hamber (need for food) · lua nzala (need for food) · pt sede (strong desire) · nn hunger (strong desire) · ce мацалла (need for food) · th ความหิว (need for food) · gl farca (need for food) · unm kahtupuwakàn (need for food) · gl degoro (strong desire) · mrw gotem (need for food) · tg гуруснагӣ (need for food) · wa fwin (need for food) · ba аслыҡ (need for food) · sw unenge (need for food) · nrf fôim (need for food) · rue го́лод (need for food) · pam keranupan (need for food) · tr açlık (need for food) · cv выҫлӑх (need for food) · vi đói (need for food) · ckb برسێتی (need for food) · ceb gutom (need for food) · tum njala (need for food) · es hambre (need for food) · gl fame negra (need for food) · ky ачтык (need for food) · sc fàmene (need for food) · sw unenge (strong desire) · el πείνα (strong desire) · non hungr (need for food) · tk aaçlyk (need for food) · rom bokh (need for food) · ja 飢餓 (need for food) · gl debezo (strong desire) · sah аас (need for food) · ast fame (need for food) · or ଭୋକ (need for food) · rcf fin (need for food) · ia fame (need for food) · egy H-q:r-A2 (need for food) · it fame (need for food) · ht grangou (need for food) · hy սով (need for food) · fi himo (strong desire) · tr aç (need for food) · cmn 渴望 (strong desire) · el πόθος (strong desire) · gl gatuza (need for food) · uz ochlik (need for food) · bn ভুক (need for food) · nn hunger (need for food) · orv голодъ (need for food) · fy honger (need for food) · izh nälkä (need for food) · vif nzala (need for food) · et nälg (need for food) · gd acras (need for food) · ca gana (need for food) · ang hungor (need for food) · ga ocras (strong desire) · da sult (need for food) · ga anrachán (strong desire) · nn svolt (need for food) · mfe lafin (need for food) · el πείνα (need for food) · gv accrys (need for food) · fa گرسنگی (need for food) · ab амла (need for food) · gl engolemia (strong desire) · lou gran-gou (need for food) · bg жа́жда (strong desire) · uga 𐎗𐎙𐎁𐎐 (need for food) · pdt Hunga (need for food) · lt alkis (need for food) · is hungur (need for food) · goh hungar (need for food) · gl gorromela (strong desire) · tk açlyk (need for food) · fy hûnger (need for food) · kl kaanneq (need for food) · az aclıq (need for food) · ota آجلق (need for food) · es gusa (need for food) · tet hamlaha (need for food) · mk глад (need for food) · so gaajo (need for food) · vot nälče (need for food) · nv dichin (need for food) · ru го́лод (need for food) · cop ϩⲕⲟ (need for food) · pl głód (need for food) · sq uri (need for food) · mfe fin (need for food) · nb hunger (need for food) · ja 空腹 (need for food) · bn খিদা (need for food) · io hungro (need for food) · pl żądza (strong desire) · eu gose (need for food) · sv hunger (strong desire) · grc πεῖνα (need for food) · klj âç (need for food) · rhg búk (need for food) · lb Honger (need for food) · nb sult (need for food) · ruo fome (need for food) · gl prango (strong desire) · yi הונגער (need for food) · tt ачлык (need for food) · es fiaca (need for food) · pam danup (need for food) · gl degoxo (strong desire) · za iek (need for food) · ja 飢え (need for food) · be го́лад (need for food) · sk hlad (need for food) · kl perlilerneq (need for food) · hsb hłód (need for food) · se nealgi (need for food) · hts házze (need for food) · es sed (strong desire) · afb يوع (need for food) · ckt гытъатгыргын (need for food) · lu nzala (need for food) · my အငတ် (need for food) · ga ocras (need for food) · tyv аш (need for food) · id lapar (need for food) · ovd ungger (need for food) · mr भूख (need for food) · ca set (strong desire) · ist fan (need for food) · hi भूख (need for food) · gl larica (need for food) · ur بھوک (need for food) · kea fómi (need for food) · ln nzala (need for food) · bn ভুখ (need for food) · sv hunger (need for food) · bn ক্ষুধা (need for food) · sa बुभुक्षा (need for food) · te ఆకలి (need for food) · gl sede (strong desire) · srn angri (need for food) · ny njala (need for food) · gl larota (need for food) · sh glad (need for food) · cs hlad (need for food) · gl garula (need for food) · sw njaa (strong desire) · fo hungur (need for food) · ka შიმშილი (need for food) · ltg olkonums (need for food) · rgn fâm (need for food) · ca fam (need for food) · el λιμός (need for food) · dlm fum (need for food) · lv bads (need for food) · fr soif (strong desire) · gl carpulla (need for food) · gl fame (need for food) · es hambrosio (need for food) · cmn 飢餓 /饥饿 (need for food) · lou fim (need for food) · aa luwa (need for food) · eo malsato (need for food) · mn өлсгөлөн (need for food) · br naon (need for food) · ani моко (need for food) · kw nown (need for food) · got 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 (need for food) · gl puxo (strong desire) · ltg bods (need for food) · gl arela (strong desire) · ne भोक (need for food) · la famēs (need for food) · av ракъи (need for food) · gl garita (need for food) · sl lakota (need for food) · ar رَغْبَة (strong desire) · ko 굶주림 (need for food) · tsd κείνα (need for food) · bni nzala (need for food) · el λιγούρα (need for food) · tet laha (need for food) · ar تَعَطُّش (strong desire) · sh глад (need for food) · kg nzala (need for food) · fo svultur (need for food) · cu гладъ (need for food) · hy քաղց (need for food) · rup foami (need for food) · mt ġuħ (need for food) · gl anguria (strong desire) · ug ئاچلىق (need for food) · oc fam (need for food) · nl honger (need for food) · txb kest (need for food) · uk го́лод (need for food) · gl enrónica (strong desire) · ar جُوع (need for food) · an fambre (need for food) · nb hunger (strong desire) · evn дему (need for food) · bg глад (need for food) · is sultur (need for food) · ssy luwa (need for food) · nl trek (need for food) · eve дьэмкэн (need for food) · de Hunger (need for food) · ro foame (need for food) · fur fan (need for food) · dsb głod (need for food) · sd بک (need for food) · kk аштық (need for food) · es acucia (strong desire) · xag 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕚 (need for food) · my အဆာ (need for food) · ki ng'aragu (need for food) · fo svongd (need for food) · ko 배고픔 (need for food) · ps لوږه (need for food) · ru жа́жда (strong desire) · otk 𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴 (need for food) · he רָעָב (need for food) · sw njaa (need for food) · pt fome (need for food) · el ασιτία (need for food) · arz جوع (need for food) · inh мецавалар (need for food) · sg nzala (need for food) · rm fom (need for food) · es anhelo (strong desire) · el λαχτάρα (strong desire) · ta பசி (need for food) · kjh ас (need for food) · ckb برس (need for food) · tzm ⵍⴰⵥ (need for food) · grc σιτοδεία (need for food) · hu éhség (need for food) · os стонг (need for food) · scn fami (need for food) · fi nälkä (strong desire) · kmr birçîtî (need for food)