semidesert
noun
semidesert is a noun meaning “A semiarid region, approaching desert conditions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-I-D-E-S-E-R-T, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of semidesert is semideserts.
What does semidesert mean?
noun
- 1
A semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of semidesert
- semideserts plural
- semi-desert
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is semidesert?
Semidesert appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Semidesert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense semiarid region, approaching desert:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Halbwüste |
| Spanish | semidesierto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does semidesert come from?
From semi- + desert.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).