crève-la-faim

French

Etymology

From crever de faim. See also crever la dalle for a closer transitive use.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁɛ.vla.fɛ̃/ ~ /kʁe.vla.fɛ̃/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

crève-la-faim m (plural crève-la-faim)

  1. down-and-out

Further reading

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