desierto

Asturian

Adjective

desierto

1. neuter of desiertu

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• desert, deserto
• desiert, desyert (apocopic forms)
• dessierto, desyerto (alternative spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsertum (“wasteland; desert”), from dēsertus (“forsaken; abandoned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzjeɾto/

Noun

desierto m (plural desiertos)

1. desert
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:

     allẏ en ebrõ. vinierõ las eſpias. del deſierto de faram. a tierra de promiſſion. Caleph. ⁊ ioſue. eſſos .x. cõpãneros.

     The spies went there, from the desert of Paran, to Hebron, the Promised Land. Caleb, Joshua and their ten companions.

Descendants

• Spanish: desierto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈsjeɾto/ [d̪eˈsjeɾ.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: de‧sier‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin dēsertus, probably taken as an early semi-learned term (the completely inherited/popular result would have been disierto, which was found in a few old texts).

Adjective

desierto (feminine desierta, masculine plural desiertos, feminine plural desiertas)

1. desert
2. empty (of people)
3. uninhabited

Related terms

• deserción
• desertar
• desertor

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish desierto, dessierto, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin dēsertum.

Noun

desierto m (plural desiertos)

1. desert

   Synonym: peladero

Derived terms

• búho del desierto
• carpintero del desierto
• clamar en el desierto
• conejo del desierto
• desértico
• gato del desierto
• matraca del desierto
• olivo del desierto
• predicar en el desierto

 

Further reading

• “desierto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28