"desertification" meaning in English

See desertification in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˌzɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /dɪˌzɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desertification.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-desertification.wav
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From desert + -ification (“process of becoming”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|desert|ification|t2=process of becoming}} desert + -ification (“process of becoming”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} desertification (uncountable)
  1. The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: antidesertification Related terms: desertify Translations (process by which a region becomes a desert): تَصَحُّر (taṣaḥḥur) [masculine] (Arabic), апустыньванне (apustynʹvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), desertificació [feminine] (Catalan), 沙漠化 (shāmòhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), verwoestijning [feminine] (Dutch), woestijnvorming [feminine] (Dutch), aavikoituminen (Finnish), désertification [feminine] (French), Desertifikation [feminine] (German), fortschreitende Wüstenbildung [feminine] (German), ερημοποίηση (erimopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), elsivatagosodás (Hungarian), desertificazione [feminine] (Italian), шөлдену (şöldenu) (Kazakh), шөлге айналу (şölge ainalu) (Kazakh), 사막화 (samakhwa) (alt: 沙漠化) (Korean), опустинување (opustinuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), penggurunan (Malay), desertifikasi (Malay), मरुभूमिकरण (marubhūmikaraṇ) (Nepali), desertificacion [feminine] (Occitan), pustynnienie [neuter] (Polish), desertificação [feminine] (Portuguese), опусты́нивание (opustýnivanije) [neuter] (Russian), дезертифика́ция (dezertifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), desertificación [feminine] (Spanish), desertización [feminine] (Spanish), ökenspridning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "marubhūmikaraṇ",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "word": "मरुभूमिकरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desertificacion"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pustynnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desertificação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustýnivanije",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опусты́нивание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dezertifikácija",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дезертифика́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desertificación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "desertización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process by which a region becomes a desert",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ökenspridning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desertification"
}

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