desertification

See also: désertification

English

Etymology

From desert +‎ -ification (“process of becoming”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˌzɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˌzɝ.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

desertification (uncountable)

1. The process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.

Derived terms

• antidesertification

Related terms

• desertify

Translations

process by which a region becomes a desert

• Arabic: تَصَحُّر m (taṣaḥḥur)
• Belarusian: апустыньванне n (apustynʹvannje)
• Catalan: desertificació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙漠化 (zh) (shāmòhuà)

• Dutch: verwoestijning (nl) f, woestijnvorming (nl) f
• Finnish: aavikoituminen (fi)
• French: désertification (fr) f
• German: Desertifikation (de) f, fortschreitende Wüstenbildung f
• Greek: ερημοποίηση (el) f (erimopoíisi)
• Hungarian: elsivatagosodás (hu)
• Italian: desertificazione (it) f
• Kazakh: шөлдену (şöldenu), шөлге айналу (şölge ainalu)
• Korean: 사막화(沙漠化) (ko) (samakhwa)
• Macedonian: опустинување n (opustinuvanje)
• Malay: penggurunan, desertifikasi
• Nepali: मरुभूमिकरण (marubhūmikaraṇ)
• Occitan: desertificacion f
• Polish: pustynnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: desertificação (pt) f
• Russian: опусты́нивание (ru) n (opustýnivanije), дезертифика́ция (ru) f (dezertifikácija)
• Spanish: desertificación (es) f
• Swedish: ökenspridning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• desertification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia