Drought

/[dɹʌʊt]/

Synonyms for "drought" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Noun(1 words)
drouth

Related words (23)

Noun(1 words)
losing streak

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

capable of

2 entries

causes

1 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

12 entries

is a

6 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

163 translations across 116 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • droogte noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Albanian

1 entries
  • thatësirë noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ድርቅ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • αὐχμός noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ἀβροχία noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Arabic

1 entries
  • جَفَاف noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Armenian

1 entries
  • երաշտ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • seatsitã noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • sicãturã noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • uscãciuni noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Assamese

1 entries
  • খৰালি noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Asturian

2 entries
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • secura noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Atayal

1 entries
  • mtkzyay noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Avestan

2 entries
  • 𐬛𐬎𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬭𐬆 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • quraqlıq noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҡоролоҡ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Basque

1 entries
  • lehorte noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • за́суха noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • су́ша noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • сухме́нь noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Bengali

1 entries
  • খরা noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • सूखा noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • tag-alang noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Breton

1 entries
  • sec'hor noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • су́ша noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Burmese

2 entries
  • မိုးခေါင်ခြင်း noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ရေငတ်ခြင်း noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Catalan

3 entries
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • secada noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • sequera noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 乾旱 /干旱 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • 旱季 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • 旱災 /旱灾 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Czech

1 entries
  • sucho noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Danish

1 entries
  • tørke noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Dutch

1 entries
  • droogte noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • sekegeco noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • trosekeco noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Estonian

1 entries
  • põud noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Faroese

1 entries
  • turkur noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kuivuus noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

French

1 entries
  • sécheresse noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Galician

2 entries
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • secura noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გვალვა noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

German

3 entries
  • Dürre noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • Trockenheit noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • Trockenzeit noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Greek

1 entries
  • ξηρασία noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • દુકાળ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • sechrès noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בַּצֹּרֶת \ בצרת noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अकाल noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • अनावृष्टि noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • अवर्षण noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • खुश्की noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • aszály noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Iban

1 entries
  • sanggau noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • þurrkar noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kekeringan noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Irish

1 entries
  • triomach noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Italian

3 entries
  • asciugaggine noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • secco noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • siccità noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 旱魃 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಬರ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • laui noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • lawi noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • қуаңшылық noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • құрғақшылық noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Khmer

2 entries
  • រាំងរឹះ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • រាំងរំហួត noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Korean

1 entries
  • 가뭄 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кургакчылык noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຝົນແລ້ງ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ຟ້າແລ້ງ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ແລ້ງ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ໄພແຫ້ງແລ້ງ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Latin

1 entries
  • siccitās noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sausums noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sausra noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Dréchent noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • суша noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Malay

1 entries
  • kemarau noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • വരൾച്ച noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Maltese

1 entries
  • nixfa noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡥᡳᠶᠠ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Marathi

1 entries
  • दुष्काळ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Middle English

1 entries
  • droughte noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • ган noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Māori

3 entries
  • raki noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • tauraki noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • taurakitanga noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • secceta noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • ntsahaya nkavu noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tørke noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • tørke noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Occitan

2 entries
  • secada noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • secaresso noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Old English

1 entries
  • drūgaþ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Old Persian

1 entries
  • 𐎯𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐎶 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • صوسزلق noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Parthian

1 entries
  • 𐭃𐭅𐭔𐭉𐭀𐭓 noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Pashto

1 entries
  • وچکالي noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Persian

1 entries
  • خشکسالی noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • ailuru noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Drieejetiet noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Polish

1 entries
  • susza noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • estiagem noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਸੋਕਾ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Quechua

2 entries
  • ch'aki pacha noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ch'akiy noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Romanian

2 entries
  • secetă noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • uscăciune noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Russian

3 entries
  • за́суха noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • засу́шливость noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • сушь noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • अनावृष्टि noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • अवृष्टि noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • दुर्वृष्टि noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sȗša noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • су̑ша noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Shona

1 entries
  • shangwa noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • නියඟය noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Slovak

1 entries
  • sucho noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Slovene

1 entries
  • suša noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • коҥы noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Spanish

2 entries
  • seca noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • sequía noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kiangazi noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ukame noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Swedish

1 entries
  • torka noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • baisi noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • bisi noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • tagtuyot noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tajik

1 entries
  • хушксолӣ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tamil

1 entries
  • வறட்சி noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tatar

1 entries
  • корылык noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అనావృష్టి noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Thai

3 entries
  • น้ำแล้ง noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ภัยแล้ง noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • แล้ง noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཆར་ཆུ་མེད་པ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • ཐན་པ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ድርቂ noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kuraklık noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • guraklyk noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • засу́ха noun (period of unusually low rain fall)
  • посу́ха noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Urdu

1 entries
  • سوکھا noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇرغاقچىلىق noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qurgʻoqchilik noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hạn hán noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lesig noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Võro

1 entries
  • põud noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sychdwr m sychin noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Yakut

1 entries
  • кураан noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǁqáa noun (period of unusually low rain fall)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The long drought was followed by famine.

Source: tatoeba (45022)

Many peasants died during the drought.

Source: tatoeba (48888)

In the drought, many people and animals starved to death.

Source: tatoeba (48889)

Unless it rains in Ethiopia soon, there could be severe drought problems.

Source: tatoeba (52233)

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