different between arid vs badlands

English

Etymology

From French aride or directly from Latin ?ridus (“dry, arid, parched”), confer its synonymous contracted form ardus. Originally from the verb ?reo (“I am dry, I am parched”), akin to ?rde? (“I am on fire, I burn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.??d/
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.??d/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Adjective

arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid)

1. Very dry.

   Antonyms: wet, drenched, damp, moist

2. Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

   Synonym: xeric

   Hyponyms: semi-arid, semiarid

   Antonyms: rainforest, humid

3. (figuratively) Devoid of value.

   Antonyms: valuable, costly, precious

Related terms

• aridity

Translations

Further reading

• arid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• Aird, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, RAID, dari, dira, raid, riad

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??i?t/
• Hyphenation: arid

Adjective

arid (comparative arider, superlative am aridesten)

1. arid

Declension

Further reading

• “arid” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French aride, from Latin aridus.

Adjective

arid m or n (feminine singular arid?, masculine plural arizi, feminine and neuter plural aride)

1. barren

Declension

Related terms

• ariditate

English

Etymology

Calque of Canadian French mauvaises terres à traverser (“bad lands to cross”), itself a calque of Lakota mako sica (“land bad”), synchronically equivalent to bad +? lands.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæd.lændz/

Noun

badlands (plural badlands)

1. (geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

Synonyms

• desert
• moonscape
• malpaís

Translations