"dry season" meaning in English

See dry season in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dry seasons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry season (plural dry seasons)
  1. Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season Wikipedia link: dry season Translations (season): খৰালি (khorali) (Assamese), 乾季 (Chinese Mandarin), 干季 (gānjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 旱季 (hànjì) (Chinese Mandarin), tørketid [common-gender] (Danish), droge tijd [masculine] (Dutch), droogseizoen [neuter] (Dutch), kuiva kausi (Finnish), saison sèche [feminine] (French), Trockenzeit [feminine] (German), kemarau (Indonesian), musim kemarau (Indonesian), stagione secca [feminine] (Italian), 乾季 (kanki) (alt: かんき) (Japanese), 乾期 (kanki) (alt: かんき) (Japanese), kaupeka pakapaka (Maori), kirangazi (Mwani), tørketid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tørketid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pora sucha [feminine] (Polish), estio [masculine] (Portuguese), ਔੜ (auṛa) [feminine] (Punjabi), сухо́й сезо́н (suxój sezón) [masculine] (Russian), засу́шливый сезо́н (zasúšlivyj sezón) [masculine] (Russian), сушь (sušʹ) [feminine] (Russian), dreiten (Sranan Tongo), torrperiod [common-gender] (Swedish), mùa khô (Vietnamese), ìgbà ẹ̀rùn (Yoruba), ǁgâa (english: hot dry season) (ǃXóõ)

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