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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdilapidé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dilapidé
"La vieille grange était complètement dilapidée."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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In a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.
"They bought a dilapidated old house and spent years restoring it."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare 'to squander, waste, let go to ruin', from di- 'apart' + lapidare 'to pelt with stones' (from lapis 'stone').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "dilapidated" is said worldwide
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dilapidé
Transliteration: dilapidé
"La vieille grange était complètement dilapidée."
baufällig
Transliteration: baufällig
"Sie wohnten in einem baufälligen Gebäude."
diroccato
Transliteration: diroccato
"Il castello diroccato domina la valle."
dilapidado
Transliteration: dilapidado
"El edificio abandonado estaba muy dilapidado."
dilapidado
Transliteration: dilapidado
"A casa antiga estava num estado dilapidado."
जर्जर
Transliteration: jarjar
"वह पुरानी इमारत बहुत जर्जर हालत में थी।"
破旧的
Transliteration: pòjiù de
"这栋破旧的房子需要大修。"
황폐한
Transliteration: hwangpyeohan
"그들은 황폐한 오두막에서 살았다."
荒廃した
Transliteration: kōhaishita
"その古い家は荒廃していた。"
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