drought
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drought¹
- /dɹaʊt/
- [dɹɐʊ̯t]
- [dɹɜʊ̯t]
- [dɹʌʊ̯t]
- [dɹəʊ̯t]
- [dɹæʊ̯t]
- [dɹaːt]
Rhymes with -aʊt
Where it comes from
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).
noun droughts · drouth · druft
- A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. His village had faced a drought twice.
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A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
Similar: losing streak · Opposite: winning streak
- dryness, aridness, dry heat Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Drought²
proper noun Droughts
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: desertification, dryland, water, dewatering, dehydration, hydric, land, drying, desiccation, aridity, aridness, arid, dryness, bulb, draught, waterborne
Translations
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noun period of unusually low rain fall
| Español | sequía, seca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가뭄 gamum |
| 日本語 | 旱魃 kanbatsu |
| 中文 | 旱災 /旱灾 hànzāi, 乾旱 /干旱 gānhàn, 旱季 hànjì |
| हिन्दी | सूखा sūkhā, अनावृष्टि anāvŕṣṭi, खुश्की khuśkī, अकाल akāl, अवर्षण avarṣaṇ |
| Kiswahili | kiangazi, ukame |
| Português | seca, estiagem |
| Français | sécheresse |
| Deutsch | Dürre, Trockenzeit, Trockenheit |
| Italiano | siccità, secco, asciugaggine |
| Ελληνικά | ξηρασία xirasía |
| Română | secetă, uscăciune |
| Русский | за́суха zásuxa, засу́шливость zasúšlivostʹ, сушь sušʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hạn hán |
| العربية | جَفَاف jafāf |
| עברית | בַּצֹּרֶת \ בצרת batsóret |
Talk about this word "drought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/drought. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. drought. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/drought "drought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/drought.Cite this
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title = {drought},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
