"dry season" meaning in English

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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), 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)
    Sense id: en-dry_season-en-noun-E0ymX0iL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "season",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "sense": "season",
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          "sense": "season",
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "season",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "season",
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      "sense": "season",
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      "sense": "season",
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      "sense": "season",
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      "sense": "season",
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      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "droogseizoen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "kuiva kausi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saison sèche"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Trockenzeit"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "kemarau"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "musim kemarau"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stagione secca"
    },
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      "alt": "かんき",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanki",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "乾季"
    },
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      "roman": "kanki",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "乾期"
    },
    {
      "code": "wmw",
      "lang": "Mwani",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "kirangazi"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tørketid"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tørketid"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pora sucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "auṛa",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਔੜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suxój sezón",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сухо́й сезо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zasúšlivyj sezón",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "засу́шливый сезо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sušʹ",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сушь"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "dreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "season",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "torrperiod"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "mùa khô"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "ìgbà ẹ̀rùn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nmn",
      "english": "hot dry season",
      "lang": "ǃXóõ",
      "sense": "season",
      "word": "ǁgâa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dry season"
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