see|Hunger
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-hunger.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��ɡ�(r)

Etymology 1
OE. term|hungor|lang=ang.

Noun
en-noun

1. A need or compelling desire of food.
2. context|by extension Any strong desire.

#: I have a hunger to win.

Translations
trans-top|for food
Arabic: ARchar|ج�ع (jū�) m
Asturian: fame f
Catalan: gana f
Czech: hlad m
Dutch: honger m
Finnish: nälkä
French: faim f
German: Hunger m
Greek:
:Daily/ordinary need of food: �είνα (pína) f
:Desperate need of food: λιγο��α (liɣúra) f
:Scarcity of food due to war: λιμ�� (limós) m
:Scarcity of food due to natural disaster: �ι�οδεία (sitoðía) f, α�ι�ία (asitía) f
Hebrew: רע� (ra�áv) m
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Hungarian: éhség
Icelandic: hungur n, sultur m
Italian: fame f
Kurdish: KUchar|برس�ت�
Latin: fames f
Norwegian: sult c
Old English: hungor m
Old High German: hungar m
Old Norse: hungr n
Polish: g�ód m
Portuguese: fome f
Rohingya: búk
Romanian: foame f
Romany: bok
Russian: голод m
Slovak: hlad m
Slovene: glad m
Spanish: hambre m
Swedish: hunger
Tamazight: laź
Telugu: ��లి (aakali)
Vietnamese: �ói
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trans-top|strong desire
Arabic: ARchar|رغبة (rághba) f
Finnish: himo, nälkä
French: soif f
Greek: λα��ά�α (lakhtára) f, ��θο� (póthos) m, �είνα (pína) f
trans-mid
Norwegian: #Norwegian|hunger m
Spanish: sed f
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Etymology 2
OE. term|hyngran|lang=ang.

Verb
en-verb

1. To be in need of food.
2. To have a desire for.

#: I hungered for your love.

Translations
trans-top|need of food
Asturian: tener fame, tar esfamiáu
Dutch: honger hebben, hongeren
Finnish: nähdä nälkää
French: avoir faim
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Italian: avere fame
Kurdish: KUchar|برس�
Norwegian: sulte
Portuguese: ter fome
Spanish: tener hambre
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trans-top|desire
Finnish: himoita, isota (arch.)
French: avoir soif
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Norwegian: hungre
Spanish: tener sed
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References
R:1913

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-mu|hunger

1. #English|hunger (desire)

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-unc-irreg-c
infl|sv|noun|g=c|uncountable

1. hunger#English|hunger

See also
hungrig
hungra

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