désert
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French desert, borrowed from Latin dēsertum (according to the Trésor de la Langue Française).
Noun
désert m (plural déserts)
Derived terms
- chat du désert
- crier dans le désert
- désert alimentaire
- désert de Gobi
- désert de Libye
- désert de Lout
- désert des Agriates
- désert des Mojaves
- désert du Cholistan
- désert du Lout
- désert du Sahara
- désert du Thar
- désert d’Atacama
- désert Libyque
- déserticole
- désertifier
- désertique
- Louvigné-du-Désert
- prêcher dans le désert
- Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
- sauge du désert
- taïpan du désert
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Etymology 2
Inherited from Old French desert, borrowed from Latin dēsertus.
Adjective
désert (feminine déserte, masculine plural déserts, feminine plural désertes)
Related terms
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Further reading
- “désert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “désert” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “désert” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.