famine

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Famine

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈfæmɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: fam‧ine

Noun

Singular famine

Plural famines

1. (countable) If a place is affected by famine, there is not enough food for everyone.

   Over a million people died during the 1984 famine in Ethiopia.