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aridity

US/ɚˈɪd.əti/

aridity noun: a long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.

Noun

aridity (countable and uncountable, plural aridities)

  1. A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
    Synonyms:
    aridness

aridity meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Arabic

aridity in Tamil

வறட்சி, வெக்கை வறட்சி

aridity in Urdu

بنجر پن, خشکی, یبوست

aridity in Bengali

দীর্ঘমেয়াদী বৃষ্টিপাত, আর্দ্রতার অভাব

aridity in Arabic

long term lack of rainfall or moisture
قُحُولَة quḥūla
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aridity in Persian
خشکی xoški

Synonyms of aridity

Forms of aridity

pluralaridities

Origin of aridity

Borrowed from Latin āriditās (“dryness”); equivalent to arid + -ity.

Words formed from aridity

Questions about aridity

What does aridity mean?
Aridity means a long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
What is aridity in Tamil?
Aridity in Tamil is வறட்சி, வெக்கை வறட்சி. See Aridity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aridity?
Aridity is a noun.
How do you pronounce aridity?
Aridity is pronounced /ɚˈɪd.əti/ (US).
What is the plural of aridity?
The plural of aridity is aridities.

Words near aridity in the dictionary

  1. aridifying
  2. aridisation
  3. aridisol
  4. aridisols
  5. aridities
  6. aridity
  7. aridization
  8. aridizations
  9. aridland
  10. aridlands
  11. aridly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aridity (page history and authors); aridity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aridity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aridity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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