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English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dryenesse, drynesse; equivalent to dry + -ness.
Pronunciation
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, secura (es) f
- Thai: ความแห้ง (th) (kwaam-hɛ̂ɛng)
- Volapük: säg (vo), sig (vo)
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the degree to which something is dry
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