scarcity

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French escarcete. See scarce.

Noun

scarcity (countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)

(uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
- Rambler
  Praise […] owes its value to its scarcity.
(countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
a scarcity of grain

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Translations

the condition of something being scarce or deficient

Asturian: escasez f
Catalan: escassetat (ca) f, escassedat f, escassesa f
Czech: nedostatek (cs) m
Dutch: schaarste (nl) c
Esperanto: malabundo
Finnish: vähyys (fi)
French: manque (fr) m, rareté (fr) f
Galician: escaseza f
German: Mangel (de) m, Knappheit (de) f
Greek: σπάνις (el) (spánis), έλλειψη (el) (élleipsi), στενότητα (el) f (stenótita)
Ancient: σπάνις f (spánis)

Italian: scarsità (it) f
Macedonian: оскудност f (óskudnost)
Polish: niedostatek (pl) m
Portuguese: escassez (pt) f
Russian: нехва́тка (ru) f (nexvátka), ску́дость (ru) f (skúdostʹ), недоста́ток (ru) m (nedostátok)
Scottish Gaelic: cion m, gainne f, gainnead m
Spanish: escasez (es)
Swahili: uchache (sw), uhaba (sw)
Tagalog: kauyakan
Telugu: కొరత (te) (korata) (korata)

an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Chinese:
Mandarin: 缺少 (zh) (quēshǎo)
Czech: nedostatek (cs) m
Dutch: tekort (nl)
Finnish: pula (fi)
French: pénurie (fr) f
Galician: escaseza f
Italian: scarsità (it) f
Latin: inopia f

Macedonian: недостаток m (nedóstatok), недостиг m (nédostig)
Maori: ngōuruuru
Portuguese: escassez (pt) f, carestia (pt) f
Russian: недоста́ток (ru) m (nedostátok), дефици́т (ru) m (deficít)
Scottish Gaelic: cion m, gainne f, gainnead m
Spanish: carestía (es) f
Swahili: uchache (sw), uhaba (sw)
Telugu: కొరత (te) (korata) (korata)

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