desolat

See also: désolât

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

desolat (feminine desolada, masculine plural desolats, feminine plural desolades)

  1. desolate

Derived terms

  • desoladament

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Latin desolatus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ˌ)dezoˈlaːt/, [ˌdeː-], [ˌdɛ-], [de-], [də-]
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  • Rhymes: -aːt

Adjective

desolat (strong nominative masculine singular desolater, comparative desolater, superlative am desolatesten)

  1. bleak; miserable; wretched (very bad and unlikely to improve)
    desolate Aussichten
    bleak prospects
    der desolate Zustand des Schulwesens
    the miserable state of the school system

Declension

Further reading

Latin

Verb

dēsōlat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēsōlō
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