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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesclairsemé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /klɛʁ.sə.me/
"La végétation est clairsemée dans cette région aride."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Thinly dispersed or scattered over an area; not thick or dense.
"Vegetation is sparse on the arid mountain slopes." - 2
Meager in quantity or number; scanty.
"Details about the mysterious incident remain sparse."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Latin adjective 'sputus' or more directly from the Latin 'sparsus', meaning scattered or sprinkled, which is the past participle of 'spargere' (to scatter). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, initially retaining its literal sense of scattered distribution before evolving to describe thinly populated or meagerly supplied environments.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sparse" is said worldwide
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clairsemé
Transliteration: /klɛʁ.sə.me/
"La végétation est clairsemée dans cette région aride."
spärlich
Transliteration: /ˈspɛʁlɪç/
"Die Informationen zu diesem Vorfall sind spärlich."
rado
Transliteration: /ˈraːdo/
"La vegetazione in quella zona è rada."
escaso
Transliteration: /esˈkaso/
"Los datos disponibles son muy escasos."
esparso
Transliteration: /isˈpaɾ.su/
"Havia apenas vegetação esparsa no deserto."
विरल
Transliteration: viral
"इस क्षेत्र में वनस्पति बहुत विरल है।"
稀疏
Transliteration: xīshū
"山坡上的植被很稀疏。"
드문
Transliteration: deumun
"이 지역에는 풀이 드문드문 자란다."
まばらな
Transliteration: mabarana
"その山腹の植生はまばらです。"
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