Engelsk navneord: famine | |||
1. | famine (om tilstand) an acute insufficiency | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dearth, shortage | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | deficiency, lack, want | ||
2. | famine (om begivenhed) a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy | ||
Mere specifikke termer | the Great Calamity, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Irish Famine | ||