Meanings
noundry season (plural dry seasons)
plural dry seasons
- Any season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
nounone of the two seasons in tropical climates, a yearly period of dryness in the tropics
Opposite
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 乾季 /干季, 旱季
- 乾季 /干季 (gānjì)season
- 旱季 (hànjì)season
Danish tørketid
- tørketidseason
Dutch droge tijd, droogseizoen
- droge tijdseason
- droogseizoenseason
Finnish kuiva kausi
- kuiva kausiseason
French saison sèche
- saison sècheseason
German Trockenzeit
- Trockenzeitseason
Indonesian kemarau, musim kemarau
- kemarauseason
- musim kemarauseason
Italian stagione secca
- stagione seccaseason
Japanese 乾季, 乾期
- 乾季 (kanki)season
- 乾期 (kanki)season
Māori kaupeka pakapaka
- kaupeka pakapakaseason
Norwegian Bokmål tørketid
- tørketidseason
Polish pora sucha
- pora suchaseason
Portuguese estio
- estioseason
Punjabi ਔੜ
- ਔੜ (auṛa)season
Russian сухо́й сезо́н, засу́шливый сезо́н
- сухо́й сезо́н (suxój sezón)season
- засу́шливый сезо́н (zasúšlivyj sezón)season
- сушь (sušʹ)season
Swedish torrperiod
- torrperiodseason
Thai ฤดูแล้ง, หน้าแล้ง
- ฤดูแล้งseason
- หน้าแล้งseason
Vietnamese mùa khô
- mùa khôseason
Cite this entry
APA
dry season. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20season
MLA
“dry season.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20season. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry season,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20season.
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