arid

Significat (Anglès)

1. Very dry.
2. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
3. (figuratively) Devoid of value.

Conceptes

àrid

sec

pobre d'aigua

mancat d'aigua

Oposat a

wet, drenched, damp, moist, rainforest, humid, valuable, costly, precious

Sinònims

dry

waterless

barren

desiccate

desiccated

insipid

parched

droughty

dried up

dried

jejune

sere

fruitless

futile

grim

infertile

lacklustre

lifeless

longing

nasty

pedestrian

pity

pointless

sapless

seamy

seared

sterile

straight

terse

thirsty

tough

unappealing

unappetizing

unattractive

unenlivened

unexceptional

unfertile

unfruitful

unhappy

☹️

uninspired

uninteresting

unproductive

unsympathetic

untoward

unwatered

unwelcome

unwished

vapid

yearning

desiccative

Traduccions

aride

árido

arido

árido

secco

wasserarm

droog

asciutto

άνυδρος

dor

exaresco

trocken

dürr

arid

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈæɹ.ɪd/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French aride or directly from Latin āridus (“dry, arid, parched”), compare its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb āreo (“I am dry, I am parched”), akin to ārdeō (“I am on fire, I burn”).