sécheresse
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See also: sècheresse
French
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French secherece, from Vulgar Latin *siccāricia, from Latin siccus (“dry”). By surface analysis, sèche + -eresse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sécheresse f (plural sécheresses)
- dryness
- Hyponyms: siccité, xéricité
- Le seul point commun à tous les déserts de la planète est leur extrême sécheresse, plus précisément leur aridité traduite par la faiblesse et la rareté des précipitations.
- The only thing common to all deserts on the planet is their extreme dryness, or more precisely their aridity, which is the result of low rainfall.
- drought
Further reading
[edit]- “sécheresse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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