"desolation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: en-us-desolation.ogg Forms: desolations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Old French desolacion f, from Latin dēsōlātiō f. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fro|desolacion|g=f}} Borrowed from Old French desolacion f, {{der|en|la|dēsōlātiō|g=f}} Latin dēsōlātiō f Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations)
  1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of desolating or laying waste): обезлюдяване (obezljudjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), desolació [feminine] (Catalan), 撂荒 (liàohuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Verwüsten [neuter] (German), Verwüstung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-desolation-en-noun-K4nlUukE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 48 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 49 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 51 2 Disambiguation of 'act of desolating or laying waste': 77 21 2
  2. The state of being desolated or laid waste Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess Translations (state of being desolated or laid waste): изоставеност (izostavenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), desolació [feminine] (Catalan), Verwüstetsein [neuter] (German), Verwüstung [feminine] (German), Verlassenheit [feminine] (German), Trostlosigkeit [feminine] (German), vāstitās [feminine] (Latin), خراب (harab) (Ottoman Turkish), desolação [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-desolation-en-noun-ILChyEj- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 48 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 60 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 49 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 51 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 61 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 35 59 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 62 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 35 61 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 58 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 31 59 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 30 68 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 64 5 Disambiguation of 'state of being desolated or laid waste': 16 83 1
  3. A place or country wasted and forsaken. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (place or country wasted and forsaken): пустош (pustoš) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 荒地 (huāngdì) (Chinese Mandarin), Ort des Elends [masculine] (German), Wüstung [feminine] (German), Wüstenei [feminine] (German), Wüste [feminine] (German), Eed (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-desolation-en-noun-8hNFz2l3 Disambiguation of 'place or country wasted and forsaken': 2 3 95

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "place or country wasted and forsaken",
      "word": "Eed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desolation"
}

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