childlessness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/ (General-American)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English childless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English childlessness From childless + -ness.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The state of being childless.
Relateds
sonlessness · fatherless · daughterless · daughterlessness · grandparentless · motherless · descendantness · grandmotherlessness · motherlessness · parentlessness · grandmotherless · fatherlessness · childless · grandfatherless · grandparentlessness · grandfatherlessness · sonless · cousinless · parentless · cousinlessness · descendantlessness · descendantless
Translations (28)
fi lapsettomuus (state of being childless) · da barnløshed (state of being childless) · de Kinderlosigkeit (state of being childless) · sv barnlöshet (state of being childless) · lv bezbērnotība (state of being childless) · tr çocuksuzluk (state of being childless) · be бяздзе́тнасць (state of being childless) · hu gyermektelenség (state of being childless) · sw ugumba (state of being childless) · ang bearnlīest (state of being childless) · mk бездетност (state of being childless) · nl kinderloosheid (state of being childless) · ky баласыздык (state of being childless) · pl bezpotomność (state of being childless) · lt bevaikystė (state of being childless) · nn barnløyse (state of being childless) · pl bezdzietność (state of being childless) · kk баласыздық (state of being childless) · ru безде́тность (state of being childless) · nn barnlausheit (state of being childless) · hi संतानहीनता (state of being childless) · mhr йочадымылык (state of being childless) · el ατεκνία (state of being childless) · uk безді́тність (state of being childless) · cmn 无后 (state of being childless) · nb barnløshet (state of being childless) · hi निःसंतानता (state of being childless) · grc ἀτεκνία (state of being childless)