hunger

faim

Sensation d’avoir besoin de manger.

En anglais simple : The feeling that you need to eat.

• I felt hunger after the walk.
• A bowl of soup satisfied his hunger.
• She woke with sharp hunger pangs.

Synonymes : hungriness, appetite

Contraires : fullness

Expressions courantes : feel hunger, hunger pangs, satisfy hunger

faim, famine

Pénurie grave de nourriture qui empêche les gens de manger suffisamment pour rester en bonne santé.

En anglais simple : A serious shortage of food that leaves people unable to eat enough to stay healthy.

• Many families face hunger.
• The charity works to reduce hunger worldwide.
• War and drought left thousands suffering from hunger.

Synonymes : starvation, food shortage

Expressions courantes : world hunger, fight hunger, die of hunger

soif, désir

Envie ou besoin très fort de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A very strong wish or need for something.

• He has a hunger for success.
• Her hunger to learn impressed the teacher.
• The book reflects a deep hunger for freedom.

Comment l'utiliser : hunger for something (Her hunger for knowledge never faded.); hunger to do something (The players showed a hunger to win.)

Synonymes : desire, longing, craving

Expressions courantes : hunger for success, hunger for knowledge, hunger to win

aspirer, désirer ardemment

Vouloir quelque chose très fortement.

En anglais simple : To want something very strongly.

• They hunger for freedom.
• She hungered for news of her family.
• People who hunger for knowledge will always find questions to ask.

Comment l'utiliser : hunger for something (She hungered for a chance to start again.); hunger after something (He hungered after power all his life.)

Synonymes : long, yearn, crave

Expressions courantes : hunger for love, hunger for knowledge, hunger after power

avoir faim, souffrir de la faim

Avoir besoin de nourriture parce qu’on n’a pas assez mangé.

En anglais simple : To need food because you have not eaten enough.

• The children hungered through the winter.
• No one should hunger while food goes to waste.
• They hungered and thirsted during the long journey.

Synonymes : be hungry, go hungry

Expressions courantes : hunger and thirst, hunger for bread