downturn

English

Etymology

down- +‎ turn

Noun

downturn (plural downturns)

1. A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.

   The downturn in the economy made it harder to find jobs.

Antonyms

• upturn

Translations

a downward trend, or the beginnings of one

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衰退 (cmn) (shuāituì), 下降 (cmn) (xiàjiàng)

• Finnish: lasku (fi), heikkeneminen (fi), taantuma (fi), laskusuhdanne (fi)
• French: ralentissement (fr) m, déclin (fr) m

• German: Abschwung (de) m, Rückgang (de) m
• Japanese: 下降 (ja) (かこう, kakō)
• Russian: спад (ru) (spad) m

Anagrams

• turndown, turn down