drought

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) dryness, aridness, dry heat

Teenoorgestelde van

winning streak

Sinonieme

dryness

dry weather

drouth

famine

aridity

thirst

dry

scarcity

dry spell

aridness

dearth

xerotes

shortage

water shortage

dry season

drought disaster

crop failure

dry damage

rain-shortage

rainlessness

want of rain

want of water

year of drought

dehydration

lack of rainfall

heat

Vertalings

sécheresse

sequía

siccità

Dürre

seca

ξηρασία

Trockenheit

droogte

disette

sequera

kuraklık

جفاف

sècheresse

famine

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɹaʊt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: droghte

Geërf van Old English: drūgaþ

Verwante met Nederlands: droogte

Verwante met Nederduits: Dröögde

In summary

From Middle English droghte, drouȝte, druhhþe, druȝþe, drouȝth, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).