Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fames

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
fames
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of fame

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of fame

name

A goddess who is a personification of famine and hunger. She is the Roman counterpart of Limos.

Etymology

From Latin fames (“hunger”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

famine

Questions

What does fames mean?
plural of fame
Where does fames come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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