drought

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/
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• /ˈdɹɐʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈdɹɜʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈdɹʌʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈdɹəʊ̯t/ Canada, Canadian raising
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• /ˈdɹæʊ̯t/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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• /ˈdɹaːt/ Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
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• rhymes with -aʊt
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• CMU ARPABET: D R AW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: droogte — period of unusually low rain fall
• Albanian: thatësirë — period of unusually low rain fall
• Southern Altai: коҥы (koŋï) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Southern Altai: кӱйгек (küygek) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Amharic: ድርቅ (dərḳ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Arabic: جَفَاف (jafāf) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Armenian: երաշտ (erašt) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Aromanian: seatsitã — period of unusually low rain fall
• Aromanian: uscãciuni — period of unusually low rain fall
• Aromanian: sicãturã — period of unusually low rain fall
• Assamese: খৰালি (khorali) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Asturian: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Asturian: secura — period of unusually low rain fall
• Atayal: mtkzyay — period of unusually low rain fall
• Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬭𐬆 — period of unusually low rain fall
• Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (dužiiāiriia) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Azerbaijani: quraqlıq — period of unusually low rain fall
• Bashkir: ҡоролоҡ (qoroloq) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Basque: lehorte — period of unusually low rain fall
• Belarusian: за́суха (zásuxa) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Belarusian: су́ша (súša) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Belarusian: сухме́нь (suxmjénʹ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Bengali: খরা (khora) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Bhojpuri: सूखा (sūkhā) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Central Bikol: tag-alang — period of unusually low rain fall
• Breton: sec'hor — period of unusually low rain fall
• Bulgarian: су́ша (súša) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Burmese: မိုးခေါင်ခြင်း (mui:hkaunghkrang:) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Burmese: ရေငတ်ခြင်း (re-ngathkrang:) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Catalan: sequera — period of unusually low rain fall
• Catalan: secada — period of unusually low rain fall
• Catalan: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Chinese Mandarin: 旱災 /旱灾 (hànzāi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾旱 /干旱 (gānhàn) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Chinese Mandarin: 旱季 (hànjì) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ngazidja Comorian: ntsahaya nkavu — period of unusually low rain fall
• Czech: sucho — period of unusually low rain fall
• Danish: tørke — period of unusually low rain fall
• Dutch: droogte — period of unusually low rain fall
• Esperanto: trosekeco — period of unusually low rain fall
• Esperanto: sekegeco — period of unusually low rain fall
• Estonian: põud — period of unusually low rain fall
• Faroese: turkur — period of unusually low rain fall
• Finnish: kuivuus — period of unusually low rain fall
• French: sécheresse — period of unusually low rain fall
• Galician: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Galician: secura — period of unusually low rain fall
• Georgian: გვალვა (gvalva) — period of unusually low rain fall
• German: Dürre — period of unusually low rain fall
• German: Trockenzeit — period of unusually low rain fall
• German: Trockenheit — period of unusually low rain fall
• Greek: ξηρασία (xirasía) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ancient Greek: ἀβροχία (abrokhía) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ancient Greek: αὐχμός (aukhmós) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Gujarati: દુકાળ (dukāḷ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Haitian Creole: sechrès — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hebrew: בַּצֹּרֶת \ בצרת (batsóret) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hindi: सूखा (sūkhā) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hindi: अनावृष्टि (anāvŕṣṭi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hindi: खुश्की (khuśkī) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hindi: अकाल (akāl) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hindi: अवर्षण (avarṣaṇ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Hungarian: aszály — period of unusually low rain fall
• Iban: sanggau — period of unusually low rain fall
• Icelandic: þurrkar — period of unusually low rain fall
• Indonesian: kekeringan — period of unusually low rain fall
• Irish: triomach — period of unusually low rain fall
• Italian: siccità — period of unusually low rain fall
• Italian: secco — period of unusually low rain fall
• Italian: asciugaggine — period of unusually low rain fall
• Japanese: 旱魃 (kanbatsu) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kannada: ಬರ (bara) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kapampangan: laui — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kapampangan: lawi — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kazakh: құрғақшылық (qūrğaqşylyq) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kazakh: қуаңшылық (quañşylyq) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Khmer: រាំងរំហួត (rĕəng rumhuət) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Khmer: រាំងរឹះ (rĕəng rɨh) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Korean: 가뭄 (gamum) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Kyrgyz: кургакчылык (kurgakcılık) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Lao: ແລ້ງ (lǣng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Lao: ຝົນແລ້ງ (fon lǣng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Lao: ຟ້າແລ້ງ (fā lǣng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Lao: ໄພແຫ້ງແລ້ງ (phai ngǣ lǣng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Latin: siccitās — period of unusually low rain fall
• Latvian: sausums — period of unusually low rain fall
• Lithuanian: sausra — period of unusually low rain fall
• Luxembourgish: Dréchent — period of unusually low rain fall
• Macedonian: суша (suša) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Malay: kemarau — period of unusually low rain fall
• Malayalam: വരൾച്ച (varaḷcca) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Maltese: nixfa — period of unusually low rain fall
• Manchu: ᡥᡳᠶᠠ (hiya) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Māori: raki — period of unusually low rain fall
• Māori: tauraki — period of unusually low rain fall
• Māori: taurakitanga — period of unusually low rain fall
• Marathi: दुष्काळ (duṣkāḷ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Middle English: droughte — period of unusually low rain fall
• Mirandese: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Mongolian: ган (gan) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Neapolitan: secceta — period of unusually low rain fall
• Norman: séquerèche — period of unusually low rain fall
• Norman: siquerèche — period of unusually low rain fall
• Norwegian Bokmål: tørke — period of unusually low rain fall
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tørke — period of unusually low rain fall
• Occitan: secada — period of unusually low rain fall
• Occitan: secaresso — period of unusually low rain fall
• Old English: drūgaþ — period of unusually low rain fall
• Parthian: 𐭃𐭅𐭔𐭉𐭀𐭓 — period of unusually low rain fall
• Pashto: وچکالي (wəčkālí) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Old Persian: 𐎯𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶 — period of unusually low rain fall
• Iranian Persian: خُشْکْسالی (xošksâli) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Pitjantjatjara: ailuru — period of unusually low rain fall
• Plautdietsch: Drieejetiet — period of unusually low rain fall
• Polish: susza — period of unusually low rain fall
• Portuguese: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Portuguese: estiagem — period of unusually low rain fall
• Punjabi: ਸੋਕਾ (sokā) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ਕ ਸਾਲੀ (khuśak sālī) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Quechua: ch'akiy — period of unusually low rain fall
• Quechua: ch'aki pacha — period of unusually low rain fall
• Romanian: secetă — period of unusually low rain fall
• Romanian: uscăciune — period of unusually low rain fall
• Russian: за́суха (zásuxa) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Russian: засу́шливость (zasúšlivostʹ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Russian: сушь (sušʹ) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Sanskrit: अवृष्टि (avṛṣṭi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Sanskrit: अनावृष्टि (anāvṛṣṭi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Sanskrit: दुर्वृष्टि (durvṛṣṭi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Serbo-Croatian: су̑ша — period of unusually low rain fall
• Serbo-Croatian: sȗša — period of unusually low rain fall
• Shona: shangwa — period of unusually low rain fall
• Sinhalese: නියඟය (niyangaya) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Slovak: sucho — period of unusually low rain fall
• Slovene: suša — period of unusually low rain fall
• Spanish: sequía — period of unusually low rain fall
• Spanish: seca — period of unusually low rain fall
• Swahili: kiangazi — period of unusually low rain fall
• Swahili: ukame — period of unusually low rain fall
• Swedish: torka — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tagalog: bisi — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tagalog: baisi — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tagalog: tagtuyot — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tajik: хушксолӣ (xušksoli) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tamil: வறட்சி (vaṟaṭci) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tatar: корылык (qorılıq) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Telugu: అనావృష్టి (anāvr̥ṣṭi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Thai: ภัยแล้ง (pai-lɛ́ɛng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Thai: น้ําแล้ง (náam-lɛ́ɛng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Thai: แล้ง (lɛ́ɛng) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tibetan: ཐན་པ — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tibetan: ཆར་ཆུ་མེད་པ (char chu med pa) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Tigrinya: ድርቂ (dərḳi) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Turkish: kuraklık — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ottoman Turkish: صوسزلق (susuzluk) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Turkmen: guraklyk — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ukrainian: посу́ха (posúxa) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ukrainian: за́суха (zásuxa) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Ukrainian: су́ша (súša) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Urdu: سُوکھا (sūkhā) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Urdu: خُشْک سالی (xuśk sālī) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Urdu: خُشْکی (xuśkī) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Uyghur: قۇرغاقچىلىق (qurghaqchiliq) — period of unusually low rain fall
• Uzbek: qurgʻoqchilik — period of unusually low rain fall
• Vietnamese: hạn hán — period of unusually low rain fall
• Volapük: lesig — period of unusually low rain fall
• Võro: põud — period of unusually low rain fall
• Welsh: sychdwr m sychin — period of unusually low rain fall
• Yakut: кураан (kuraan) — period of unusually low rain fall
• ǃXóõ: ǁqáa — period of unusually low rain fall