See desertification on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "apustynʹvannje",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "апустыньванне"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertificació"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desertització"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "shāmòhuà",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "沙漠化"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "huāngmòhuà",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "荒漠化"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verwoestijning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "woestijnvorming"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "aavikoituminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "désertification"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Desertifikation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fortschreitende Wüstenbildung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "erimopoíisi",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ερημοποίηση"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "elsivatagosodás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertificazione"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "şöldenu",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "шөлдену"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "şöleittenu",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "шөлейттену"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "şölge ainalu",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "шөлге айналу"
},
{
"alt": "沙漠化",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "samakhwa",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "사막화"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "opustinuvanje",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опустинување"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "penggurunan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "desertifikasi"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"lang_code": "ne",
"roman": "marubhūmikaraṇ",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "मरुभूमिकरण"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertificacion"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pustynnienie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertificação"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desertificare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desertizare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desertificație"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desertizație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "opustýnivanije",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "опусты́нивание"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "dezertifikácija",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дезертифика́ция"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertificación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "desertización"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ökenspridning"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "opustelûvannâ",
"sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
"word": "опустелювання"
}
],
"word": "desertification"
}
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