drought

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

sequera

seca

secada

Oposat a

winning streak

Sinònims

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

Traduccions

sécheresse

sequía

siccità

Dürre

seca

ξηρασία

droogte

Trockenheit

disette

kuraklık

جفاف

sècheresse

siccitas

Wassermangel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dɹaʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: droghte

Heretat de anglès antic: drūgaþ

Cognat amb neerlandès: droogte

Cognat amb baix alemany: 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).