drought
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
- (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) dryness, aridness, dry heat
Opposite of
winning streak
Synonyms
Translations
sécheresse
sequía
siccità
Dürre
seca
ξηρασία
droogte
sequera
kuraklık
جفافFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɹaʊt/
Etymology
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).
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