drought
English
/dɹaʊt/, [dɹʌʊt]
noun
Definitions
- A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
- (by extension) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English droghte inherited from Old English drūgaþ (drought, dryness) suffix from English dry.
Origin
English
dry
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adry English
- antidrought English
- drier English
- drieth English
- drily English
- driness English
- drip-dry English
- droughted English
- droughtiness English
- droughting English
- droughtless English
- droughtproof English
- droughty English
- dry English
- dry-foot English
- dry-handed English
- dryable English
- drybag English
- drybrush English
- drydock English
- dryer English
- dryfat English
- drygulcher English
- drying English
- dryish English
- dryland English
- dryline English
- dryly English
- dryness English
- drynurse English
- drypainting English
- drypoint English
- drysalter English
- dryscape English
- dryshod English
- dryside English
- drystack English
- drystone English
- drysuit English
- dryth English
- drywall English
- drywipe English
- fordry English
- megadrought English
- nondroughted English
- overdry English
- predrought English
- redry English
- roughdry English
- semidry English
- spray-dry English
- ultradry English
- undry English
- updry English
- droog Dutch, Flemish
- droogte Dutch, Flemish
- drūgaþ Old English
- droghte Middle English
- drye Middle English
- ไดร์ Thai
- droochte Middle Dutch
- drügede Middle High German
- Dréchent Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- dréchen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- drai Tok Pisin
- draiwara Tok Pisin
- drei Sranan Tongo
- dly Chinook Jargon
- dry
- adry
- updry
- redry
- drier
- dryer
- drily
- undry
- dryth
- dryly
- drying
- fordry
- dryish
- dryfat
- drieth
- drybag
- dryness
- dryline
- overdry
- drywall
- dryland
- drywipe
- drysuit
- dryside
- dryshod
- semidry
- driness
- dryable
- drydock
- drybrush
- dry-foot
- drypoint
- roughdry
- drystone
- droughty
- ultradry
- drip-dry
- drystack
- dryscape
- drynurse
- droughted
- drysalter
- spray-dry
- droughting
- predrought
- dry-handed
- drygulcher
- antidrought
- megadrought
- drypainting
- droughtless
- droughtiness
- droughtproof
- nondroughted