drought
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The meaning (definition) of the word drought
a long time when no rain falls
The word drought used in a sentence
“During the drought, there was no rain for many weeks.”
Words that mean the same as drought (synonyms)
dry spell
How the word drought is said around the world
| French | sécheresse (sayshres) |
| Spanish | sequía (saykeeah) |
| Mandarin | 干旱 (gān hàn) |
| Hindi | सूखा (sookah) |
| Arabic | جفاف (jahfahf) |
| Russian | засуха (zasukha) |
| Portuguese (EU) | seca (sekuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | seca (seka) |
| Japanese | 干ばつ (kan batsu) |
| German | Trockenheit (trawkuhnhyt) |
| Urdu | خشک سالی (khuushk sahlee) |
| Punjabi | ਸੋਕਾ (sohkah) |
| Korean | 가뭄 (gamum) |
| Hebrew | בַּצוֹרֶת (bahtsohrayt) |
| Greek | ξηρασία (xerasia) |
| Dutch | droogte (drohkhtuh) |
| Tagalog | tagtuyot (tahgtooyoht) |
| Vietnamese | hạn hán (hahn hahurn) |
| Turkish | kuraklık (koorahkluk) |
| Persian | خشکسالی (khohshksahlee) |
| Polish | susza (sooshah) |
| Ukrainian | посуха (posukha) |
| Bengali | খরা (kawrah) |
| Swedish | torka (tawrkah) |
| Italian | siccità (seecheetah) |
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