deserted

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd/
• (Us) IPA^(key): /dəˈzɜɹtəd/, [dəˈzɝɾəd]

• Audio (US):

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Verb

deserted

1. simple past and past participle of desert

Adjective

deserted (comparative more deserted, superlative most deserted)

1. (of a place) Abandoned, without people.
   • 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:

     Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.

   • 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:

     On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.

2. desolate (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• desertedness
• nondeserted
• undeserted

 

Translations

abandoned

• Arabic: مَهْجُور (mahjūr)
• Azerbaijani: tərk edilmiş, atılmış, tək-tənha qalmış, yalqız (az), kimsəsiz (az), adamsız, qərib, bikəs
• Dutch: verlaten (nl)
• Esperanto: dezerta, senhoma
• Finnish: hylätty (fi)
• Galician: deserto (gl)
• Georgian: მიტოვებული (miṭovebuli)
• German: verlassen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (auþeis)
• Irish: tréigthe
• Latin: dēsertus (la), dērelictus
• Maori: mangamutu, toreke
• Ottoman Turkish: ویران (viran)
• Polish: bezludny (pl)
• Portuguese: deserto (pt), abandonado (pt), às moscas
• Romanian: abandonat (ro)
• Russian: поки́нутый (ru) (pokínutyj), осироте́лый (ru) (osirotélyj), несча́стный (ru) (nesčástnyj), оста́вленный (ru) (ostávlennyj)
• Spanish: desierto (es)
• Ukrainian: спустілий (spustilyj), опустілий (opustilyj), безлюдний (uk) (bezljudnyj)
• Vietnamese: vắng (vi), vắng vẻ (vi), vắng lặng, vắng ngắt, vắng tanh, vắng teo

desolate

• Azerbaijani: yalqız (az), tənha (az), kimsəsiz (az)
• Dutch: ontredderd (nl), desolaat (nl), troosteloos (nl)
• Finnish: autio (fi), asumaton (fi)
• German: verwüstet (de)
• Maori: rohai
• Ottoman Turkish: ویران (viran)
• Romanian: deșert (ro)
• Russian: забро́шенный (ru) (zabróšennyj), захолу́стный (ru) (zaxolústnyj), безлю́дный (ru) (bezljúdnyj), пусты́нный (ru) (pustýnnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaranach, uaigneach
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pusty

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} deserto (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} چۆڵ (çoll)