desertificación
Spanish
Etymology
From desertificar + -ción.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deseɾtifikaˈθjon/ [d̪e.seɾ.t̪i.fi.kaˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /deseɾtifikaˈsjon/ [d̪e.seɾ.t̪i.fi.kaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧ser‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ción
Noun
desertificación f (plural desertificaciones)
- desertification
- Synonym: desertización
Further reading
- “desertificación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024