Hungry in France, we party first (8)
I believe the answer is:
ravenous
'hungry' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'in france we party first' is the wordplay.
'in france we' becomes 'nous' (I've seen this before).
'party' becomes 'rave' (I've seen this before).
'first' says to put letters next to each other.
'nous' after 'rave' is 'RAVENOUS'.
(Other definitions for ravenous that I've seen before include "starved?" , "Voraciously hungry" , "Wolfish" , "needing to be fed" , "Famished" .)