desert

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛz.ət/
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• General-American: dĕz'ərt
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• General-American: /ˈdɛz.ɚt/
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• dəzärt' Appalachians, obsolete
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• /dəˈzɑɹt/ Appalachians, obsolete
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• rhymes with -ɛzə(ɹ)t
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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɜːt/
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• General-American: /dɪˈzɝt/
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• General-American: /dəˈzɝt/
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• General-American: dĭ-'zûrt
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• homophone: dessert
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 Z ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 Z ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). Generally displaced native Old English wēsten. False cognate of Egyptian dšrt.

From Middle English desert, deseert, from Old French deserte, from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin dēserviō (“to gain or merit by giving service”).

Borrowed from French déserter, from Late Latin dēsertō, from Latin dēsertus, from dēserō (“abandon”).

415 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shkretuar — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Bulgarian: пуст (pust) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Bulgarian: пусти́нен (pustínen) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Catalan: desert — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• French: désert — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Galician: deserto — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Galician: ermo — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• German: wüst — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Hungarian: lakatlan — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Hungarian: kietlen — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Hungarian: elhagyatott — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Hungarian: puszta — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Italian: deserto — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Middle English: desert — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Polish: pustynny — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Portuguese: deserto — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Russian: пусто́й (pustój) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Russian: пусты́нный (pustýnnyj) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Slovene: samoten — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Spanish: desierto — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Swedish: öde — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصیر (kısır) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Ottoman Turkish: قیراچ (kıraç) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Ottoman Turkish: چوراق (çorak) — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Wolaytta: bazzuwa — abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited
• Abkhaz: ацәҳәыра (acwḥwəra) — barren area
• Afrikaans: woestyn — barren area
• Akkadian: idīnum — barren area
• Albanian: shkretëtirë — barren area
• Southern Altai: чӧл (čöl) — barren area
• Amharic: በረሃ (bäräha) — barren area
• Arabic: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ) — barren area
• Arabic: صحرة (ṣaḥara) — barren area
• Arabic: صحرا (ṣaḥra) — barren area
• Arabic: بَرّ (barr) — barren area
• Aramaic: מדברא (maḏbrā) — barren area
• Aramaic: ܡܕܒܪܐ (maḏbrā) — barren area
• Armenian: անապատ (anapat) — barren area
• Aromanian: irnjii — barren area
• Aromanian: pundii — barren area
• Aromanian: pustilii — barren area
• Assamese: মৰুভূমি (morubhumi) — barren area
• Asturian: ermu — barren area
• Asturian: desiertu — barren area
• Azerbaijani: çöl — barren area
• Azerbaijani: səhra — barren area
• Bashkir: сүл (sül) — barren area
• Bashkir: сүллек (süllek) — barren area
• Basque: basamortu — barren area
• Belarusian: пусты́ня (pustýnja) — barren area
• Bengali: মরুভূমি (morubhumi) — barren area
• Bhojpuri: रेगिस्तान (rēgistān) — barren area
• Eastern Bontoc: potaw — barren area
• Eastern Bontoc: nakkaiang ay lota — barren area
• Breton: dezerzh — barren area
• Bulgarian: пусти́ня (pustínja) — barren area
• Burmese: သဲကန္တာရ (sai:kantara.) — barren area
• Burmese: ကန္တာရ (kantara.) — barren area
• Buryat: сүл (sül) — barren area
• Carpathian Rusyn: пустыня (pustŷnja) — barren area
• Catalan: desert — barren area
• Chechen: гӏум-аре (ğum-are) — barren area
• Cherokee: ᎢᎾᎨ (inage) — barren area
• Chichewa: chipalamba — barren area
• Chichewa: chipululu — barren area
• Chichewa: nkhwangala — barren area
• Chinese Cantonese: 沙漠 (saa1 mok6) — barren area
• Chinese: гуәбый (guəbɨy) — barren area
• Chinese: гуәбыйтан (guəbɨytan) — barren area
• Chinese: кунтан (kuntan) — barren area
• Chinese: савә (savə) — barren area
• Chinese: сатан (satan) — barren area
• Eastern Min Chinese: 沙漠 (să-mŏk) — barren area
• Hakka Chinese: 沙漠 (sâ-mo̍k) — barren area
• Chinese: 沙漠 (soa-bô͘, soa-bo̍k, see-bô͘, sa-bo̍k, sa-bô͘) — barren area
• Chinese Mandarin: 沙漠 (shāmò) — barren area
• Chinese Mandarin: 砂漠 (shāmò) — barren area
• Wu Chinese: 沙漠 (1so-moq) — barren area
• Chuvash: пушхир (pušhir) — barren area
• West Circassian: бгынэн (bɣənɛn) — barren area
• Czech: poušť — barren area
• Danish: ørken — barren area
• Dutch: woestijn — barren area
• Dutch: woestenij — barren area
• Egyptian: U7:D21-G43-N25 (mrw) — barren area
• Emilian: desêrt — barren area
• Esperanto: dezerto — barren area
• Estonian: kõrb — barren area
• Faroese: oyðimørk — barren area
• Faroese: oyða — barren area
• Fiji Hindi: desert — barren area
• Finnish: aavikko — barren area
• Finnish: autiomaa — barren area
• French: désert — barren area
• North Frisian: wüüst — barren area
• West-Frisian: woastyn — barren area
• Friulian: disiert — barren area
• Galician: deserto — barren area
• Galician: ermo — barren area
• Georgian: უდაბნო (udabno) — barren area
• German: Wüste — barren area
• German: Wüeschti — barren area
• Bavarian German: Wiastn — barren area
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌹𐌳𐌰 (auþida) — barren area
• Greek: έρημος (érimos) — barren area
• Paraguayan Guarani: tave'ÿ — barren area
• Paraguayan Guarani: yvyku'ipasu — barren area
• Haitian Creole: dezè — barren area
• Hausa: hamada — barren area
• Hebrew: מִדְבָּר (midbār) — barren area
• Hebrew: יְשִׁימוֹן (y'shimón) — barren area
• Hindi: मरुस्थल (marusthal) — barren area
• Hindi: मरुभूमि (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Hindi: मरु (maru) — barren area
• Hindi: रेगिस्तान (registān) — barren area
• Hindi: सहरा (sahrā) — barren area
• Hindi: वीराना (vīrānā) — barren area
• Hindi: बयाबान (bayābān) — barren area
• Hindi: दश्त (daśt) — barren area
• Hungarian: sivatag — barren area
• Icelandic: eyðimörk — barren area
• Icelandic: auðn — barren area
• Icelandic: öræfi — barren area
• Tuwali Ifugao: mamaga — barren area
• Ilocano: kadaratan — barren area
• Ilocano: desierto — barren area
• Indonesian: gurun — barren area
• Ingrian: liivikko — barren area
• Irish: fásach m1 — barren area
• Irish: gaineamhlach m1 — barren area
• Istriot: dazierto — barren area
• Italian: deserto — barren area
• Japanese: 砂漠 (sabaku) — barren area
• Japanese: 荒野 — barren area
• Javanese: segara wedhi — barren area
• Lubuagan Kalinga: leglegen — barren area
• Lubuagan Kalinga: igew un lappun tagu — barren area
• Southern Kalinga: lagrakan — barren area
• Kalmyk: көдә (ködä) — barren area
• Kalmyk: цөл (tsöl) — barren area
• Kannada: ಮರುಭೂಮಿ (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Karachay-Balkar: къуругъан тюз (quruğan tüz) — barren area
• Karaim: данъгъыл — barren area
• Karaim: чӧл — barren area
• Kashubian: pustiniowi — barren area
• Kashubian: piôszczëzna — barren area
• Kazakh: шөл (şöl) — barren area
• Khakas: сӧл чазы (söl çazı) — barren area
• Khmer: វាលខ្សាច់ (viəl khsac) — barren area
• Korean: 사막 (samak) — barren area
• Kumyk: чёл (çöl) — barren area
• Central Kurdish: دەشت (deşt) — barren area
• Northern Kurdish: deşt — barren area
• Northern Kurdish: beyeban — barren area
• Northern Kurdish: çol — barren area
• Northern Kurdish: sehra — barren area
• Kyrgyz: чөл (cöl) — barren area
• Ladino: desyerto — barren area
• Lak: чул (čul) — barren area
• Lao: ທະເລຊາຍ (tha lē sāi) — barren area
• Latin: dēsertum — barren area
• Latvian: tuksnesis — barren area
• Limburgish: wósdje — barren area
• Limburgish: weuste — barren area
• Lithuanian: dykuma — barren area
• Lombard: desert — barren area
• Low German: Wööst — barren area
• Luxembourgish: Wüst — barren area
• Macedonian: пустина (pustina) — barren area
• Malagasy: efitra — barren area
• Malay: padang pasir — barren area
• Malay: gurun — barren area
• Malayalam: മരുഭൂമി (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Maltese: deżert — barren area
• Manchu: ᡤᠣᠪᡳ (gobi) — barren area
• Māori: koraha — barren area
• Marathi: वाळवंट (vāḷvaṇṭa) — barren area
• Middle English: desert — barren area
• Mirandese: zerto — barren area
• Mongolian: цөл (cöl) — barren area
• Mongolian: ᠴᠥᠯ (čöl) — barren area
• Nahuatl: huāccāīxtlāhuatl — barren area
• Navajo: doo nidahałtingóó — barren area
• Ndonga: ombuga class 9 — barren area
• Nepali: मरुभूमि (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Newar: फिसःबुँ (phisa:bũ) — barren area
• Norman: desert — barren area
• Norman: d'sèrt — barren area
• Norman: désaert — barren area
• Norman: desert — barren area
• Norwegian Bokmål: ørken — barren area
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ørken — barren area
• Occitan: desèrt — barren area
• Occitan: èrm — barren area
• Church Slavic: поустꙑни (pustyni) — barren area
• Church Slavic: ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰻⱀⰻ (pustyni) — barren area
• Church Slavic: ⱂⱆⱄⱅⱏⰹⱀⰻ (pustyni) — barren area
• Old English: wēsten — barren area
• Ossetian: ӕдзӕрӕгран (æʒærægran) — barren area
• Pannonian Rusyn: пустиня (pustinja) — barren area
• Pashto: صحرا (sahrā) — barren area
• Pashto: بيابان (byābān) — barren area
• Dari: بِیَابَان (biyābān) — barren area
• Dari: صَحْرَا (sahrā) — barren area
• Iranian Persian: بِیابان (biyâbân) — barren area
• Iranian Persian: صَحْرا (sahrâ) — barren area
• Plautdietsch: Eed — barren area
• Polish: pustynia — barren area
• Portuguese: deserto — barren area
• Punjabi: ਮਾਰੂਥਲ (mārūthal) — barren area
• Punjabi: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (registān) — barren area
• Punjabi: ਸਹਿਰਾ (sahirā) — barren area
• Punjabi: ریگِسْتان (registān) — barren area
• Punjabi: صَحِرا (ṣaḥirā) — barren area
• Quechua: ch'in pacha — barren area
• Romanian: deșert — barren area
• Romanian: pustiu — barren area
• Romansh: desert — barren area
• Romansh: desiert — barren area
• Romansh: dasiert — barren area
• Russian: пусты́ня (pustýnja) — barren area
• Samoan: toafa — barren area
• Samogitian: dīkīnė — barren area
• Sanskrit: मरुभूमि (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Sanskrit: मरु (maru) — barren area
• Sanskrit: वालुकाब्धि (vālukābdhi) — barren area
• Scottish Gaelic: fàsach — barren area
• Serbo-Croatian: пу́стиња — barren area
• Serbo-Croatian: pústinja — barren area
• Shona: gwenga — barren area
• Shor: шӧл — barren area
• Sicilian: disertu — barren area
• Silesian: půstyńijo — barren area
• Sinhalese: කාන්තාර (kāntāra) — barren area
• Slovak: púšť — barren area
• Slovene: puščava — barren area
• Slovene: pustínja — barren area
• Somali: bataax — barren area
• Upper Sorbian: pusćina — barren area
• Spanish: desierto — barren area
• Old Spanish: desierto — barren area
• Old Spanish: deserto — barren area
• Old Spanish: disierto — barren area
• Sranan Tongo: dreisabana — barren area
• Swahili: jangwa — barren area
• Swedish: öken — barren area
• Tagalog: disyerto — barren area
• Tajik: биёбон (biyobon) — barren area
• Tajik: чӯл (čül) — barren area
• Tajik: саҳро (sahro) — barren area
• Tamil: பாலைவனம் (pālaivaṉam) — barren area
• Tarantino: deserte — barren area
• Tatar: чүл (çül) — barren area
• Telugu: ఎడారి (eḍāri) — barren area
• Telugu: మరుభూమి (marubhūmi) — barren area
• Thai: ทะเลทราย (tá-lee-saai) — barren area
• Tibetan: བྱེ་ཐང (bye thang) — barren area
• Tocharian B: pälkiye — barren area
• Tongan: lala — barren area
• Tuareg: tenere — barren area
• Turkish: çöl — barren area
• Ottoman Turkish: چول (çöl) — barren area
• Turkmen: çöl — barren area
• Tuvan: кум (kum) — barren area
• Udmurt: бушкыр (buškyr) — barren area
• Udmurt: такырму (takyrmu) — barren area
• Udmurt: пустыня (pustyńa) — barren area
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎄𐎁𐎗 (mdbr) — barren area
• Ukrainian: пусте́ля (pustélja) — barren area
• Ukrainian: пусти́ня (pustýnja) — barren area
• Urdu: ریگِسْتان (registān) — barren area
• Urdu: صَحْرا (sahrā) — barren area
• Urdu: دَشْت (daśt) — barren area
• Urdu: بَیابان (bayābān) — barren area
• Urdu: بِیابان (biyābān) — barren area
• Urdu: وِیرانَہ (vīrāna) — barren area
• Urdu: مَرُوسْتَھل (marūsthal) — barren area
• Uyghur: چۆل (chöl) — barren area
• Uyghur: باياۋان (bayawan) — barren area
• Uzbek: choʻl — barren area
• Uzbek: sahro — barren area
• Uzbek: biyobon — barren area
• Vietnamese: sa mạc — barren area
• Vietnamese: hoang mạc — barren area
• Volapük: däsärt — barren area
• Võro: kõrbõ — barren area
• Waray-Waray: desyerto — barren area
• Welsh: anialwch — barren area
• Welsh: diffeithdir — barren area
• Welsh: anialdir — barren area
• Wolof: yay — barren area
• Xhosa: intlango — barren area
• Yakut: кумах куйаар (kumaq kuyaar) — barren area
• Yiddish: מדבר (midber) — barren area
• Yoruba: aṣálẹ̀ — barren area
• Zulu: umqothu — barren area
• Zulu: ugwadule class 11/10 — barren area
• Hungarian: puszta — figuratively: any barren place or situation
• Hungarian: pusztaság — figuratively: any barren place or situation
• Hungarian: posvány — figuratively: any barren place or situation
• Arabic: جَزاء (jazāʔ) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Armenian: վաստակ (vastak) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Bulgarian: заслу́жено (zaslúženo) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Danish: fortjeneste — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Finnish: ansio — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Finnish: palkka — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Georgian: დამსახურება (damsaxureba) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• German: Verdienst — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Hebrew: גְּמוּל (gmul) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Hungarian: érdem — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Japanese: 応分 (ōbun) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Korean: 응분 (eungbun) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Latvian: nopelns — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Middle English: desert — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Middle English: hire — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Portuguese: merecimento — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Portuguese: mérito — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Russian: заслу́женное (zaslúžennoje) — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Spanish: merecido — that which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward
• Armenian: լքել (lkʻel) — to abandon
• Bulgarian: напу́скам (napúskam) — to abandon
• Bulgarian: изоста́вям (izostávjam) — to abandon
• Catalan: desertar — to abandon
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺棄 /遗弃 (yíqì) — to abandon
• Czech: opustit — to abandon
• Dutch: achterlaten — to abandon
• Dutch: verlaten — to abandon
• Esperanto: forlasi — to abandon
• Finnish: hylätä — to abandon
• French: déserter — to abandon
• French: abandonner — to abandon
• Galician: desertar — to abandon
• German: verlassen — to abandon
• German: im Stich lassen — to abandon
• Greek: εγκαταλείπω (egkataleípo) — to abandon
• Hindi: छोड़ देना (choṛ denā) — to abandon
• Hungarian: otthagy — to abandon
• Hungarian: cserben hagy — to abandon
• Hungarian: faképnél hagy — to abandon
• Hungarian: elhagy — to abandon
• Irish: tréig — to abandon
• Japanese: 見捨てる (misuteru) — to abandon
• Japanese: 去る (saru) — to abandon
• Latin: dēscīscō — to abandon
• Latin: dēserō — to abandon
• Latin: perfugio — to abandon
• Latin: transfugio — to abandon
• Māori: pīrere — to abandon
• Māori: whakarere — to abandon
• Mizo: rauhsan — to abandon
• Polish: dezerterować — to abandon
• Polish: zdezerterować — to abandon
• Polish: opuszczać — to abandon
• Polish: opuścić — to abandon
• Portuguese: desertar — to abandon
• Portuguese: abandonar — to abandon
• Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to abandon
• Russian: забро́сить (zabrósitʹ) — to abandon
• Russian: поки́нуть (pokínutʹ) — to abandon
• Russian: оста́вить (ostávitʹ) — to abandon
• Spanish: abandonar — to abandon
• Spanish: naufragar — to abandon
• Swedish: överge — to abandon
• Tagalog: magpabaya — to abandon
• Tagalog: tumanan — to abandon
• Tagalog: tumakas — to abandon
• Thai: ทิ้ง (tíng) — to abandon
• Thai: ตัดหางปล่อยวัด (dtàt-hǎang-bplɔ̀i-wát) — to abandon
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — to abandon
• Yiddish: אַוועקוואַרפֿן (avekvarfn) — to abandon
• Arabic: فَرَّ (farra) — to leave military service
• Asturian: desertar — to leave military service
• Belarusian: дэзерці́раваць (dezjercíravacʹ) — to leave military service
• Bulgarian: дезерти́рам (dezertíram) — to leave military service
• Catalan: desertar — to leave military service
• Chinese Mandarin: 變節 /变节 (biànjié) — to leave military service
• Chinese Mandarin: 叛離 /叛离 (pànlí) — to leave military service
• Czech: dezertovat — to leave military service
• Danish: desertere — to leave military service
• Dutch: deserteren — to leave military service
• Esperanto: dizerti — to leave military service
• Finnish: karata — to leave military service
• French: déserter — to leave military service
• Galician: desertar — to leave military service
• German: desertieren — to leave military service
• German: fahnenflüchtig werden — to leave military service
• German: Fahnenflucht begehen — to leave military service
• Greek: λιποτακτώ (lipotaktó) — to leave military service
• Hebrew: עָרַק ('arák) — to leave military service
• Hungarian: dezertál — to leave military service
• Hungarian: megszökik — to leave military service
• Italian: disertare — to leave military service
• Japanese: 脱走する (dassō suru) — to leave military service
• Japanese: 変節する (hensetsu suru) — to leave military service
• Japanese: 脱営する (datsuei suru) — to leave military service
• Korean: 변절하다 (byeonjeolhada) — to leave military service
• Korean: 탈영하다 (taryeonghada) — to leave military service
• Latin: perfugio — to leave military service
• Latin: transfugio — to leave military service
• Latvian: dezertēt — to leave military service
• Macedonian: дезерти́ра (dezertíra) — to leave military service
• Polish: dezerterować — to leave military service
• Polish: zdezerterować — to leave military service
• Portuguese: desertar — to leave military service
• Romanian: a dezerta — to leave military service
• Russian: дезерти́ровать (dezertírovatʹ) — to leave military service
• Serbo-Croatian: дезерти́рати — to leave military service
• Serbo-Croatian: dezertírati — to leave military service
• Slovak: dezertovať — to leave military service
• Slovene: dezertirati — to leave military service
• Spanish: desertar — to leave military service
• Swedish: desertera — to leave military service
• Ottoman Turkish: قاچمق (kaçmak) — to leave military service
• Ukrainian: дезертува́ти (dezertuváty) — to leave military service
• Vietnamese: đào ngũ — to leave military service