dryness

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dryenesse, drynesse; equivalent to dry +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪnəs

Noun

dryness (countable and uncountable, plural drynesses)

(uncountable) A lack of moisture.
The degree to which something is dry.

Translations

a lack of moisture

Aromanian: uscãciuni f
Asturian: sequedá f, secura f
Bengali: শোষ (bn) (śōś)
Catalan: sequedat f, eixutesa (ca) f, secor f, eixutor f
Dutch: droogte (nl) f, droogheid (nl) f
Esperanto: sekeco
Finnish: kuivuus (fi)
French: siccité (fr) f, sécheresse (fr) f
Galician: sequidade (gl) f, secura (gl) f
German: Trockenheit (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ξηρότης f (xērótēs)
Italian: secchezza f
Latin: siccitās f
Latvian: sausums m
Low German:
German Low German: Dröögde f
Middle English: dryenesse
Portuguese: aridez f
Romanian: uscăciune (ro) f, ariditate (ro) f
Russian: су́хость (ru) f (súxostʹ)
Spanish: sequedad (es) f, aridez (es) f, enjutez (es) f, resequedad f
Thai: ความแห้ง (th) (kwaam-hɛ̂ɛng)
Volapük: säg (vo), sig (vo)

the degree to which something is dry

Esperanto: sekeco
Finnish: kuivuus (fi), kuivuusaste
French: siccité (fr) f
Latvian: sausums m
Russian: су́хость (ru) f (súxostʹ)

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