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Fam
fam
fam
English
Noun
fam (plural fams)
- (informal) Family.
- I'm gonna visit the fam.
- (colloquial, hospitality industry) Familiarization.
- The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.
- She arranged back-to-back fams and took her boyfriend.
- (slang, African American Vernacular, MLE, Canada) A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives.
- Hey fam how you doin'? / Safe mate, safe.
Anagrams
Karipúna Creole French
Etymology
From French femme (“woman; wife”), from Latin femina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfam/
Noun
fam
See also
References
- 1987, Alfred W. Tobler, Dicionário Crioulo Karipúna/Português Português/Crioulo Karípúna, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 8.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
Noun
fam
References
- Albert Valdman, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole
Old French
Noun
fam f (oblique plural fans, nominative singular fam, nominative plural fans)
- Alternative form of fame
Old Provençal
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fam/
Noun
fam
- hunger
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.
- For without her I cannot live, such great hunger have I for her love.
- Quar senes lieys non puesc viure, / Tant ai pres de s'amor gran fam.
- c. 1110, Guilhèm de Peitieus, ‘Canso’:
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) fom
Etymology
Noun
fam f (usually uncountable)