dryness

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.nəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəs

Noun

dryness (countable and uncountable, plural drynesses)

1. (uncountable) A lack of moisture.
2. 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)

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)

Anagrams

• Dyrness, Snyders, Synders