desolat

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Catalan

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

  1. desolate

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German

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Etymology

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From Latin desolatus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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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

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Latin

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Verb

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dēsōlat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of dēsōlō