drought

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

sécheresse

disette

famine

sècheresse

période de temps sec

aridité

saison sèche

siccité

Opposé de

winning streak

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sequía

siccità

Dürre

seca

ξηρασία

Trockenheit

droogte

sequera

جفاف

kuraklık

siccitas

estiagem

Wassermangel

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɹaʊt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: droghte

Hérité de ancien anglais: drūgaþ

Appartenant à néerlandais: droogte

Appartenant à bas-allemand: 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).