hairless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈhɛɹləs/ (General-American)
- /ˈheɹləs/ (Scotland)
- /ˈhiələs/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
- /ˈhɜː(ɹ)ləs/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- /hɛɚləs/ (General-American)
- /ˈheːləs/ (Australia)
- /ˈheələs/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
- /ˈhɛələs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From hair + -less. Piecewise doublet of hair loss. Cognate with German haarlos.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Destitute of hair.
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(not-comparable) Bald.
There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island. Growing up, bald men were never the superheroes and always the villains.
2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian:
Deriveds
hairlessly · macrohairless · hairlessness
Synonyms
Translations (39)
es lampiño (destitute of hair) · es descuerado (destitute of hair) · de unbehaart (destitute of hair) · unm pàmpiwsi (destitute of hair) · bg без коса (destitute of hair) · es calato (destitute of hair) · fi karvaton (destitute of hair) · cy di-wallt (destitute of hair) · gv meayl (destitute of hair) · cmn 無毛 /无毛 (destitute of hair) · es pelado (destitute of hair) · ja 無毛 (destitute of hair) · hu szőrtelen (destitute of hair) · pt despelado (destitute of hair) · nl onbehaard (destitute of hair) · be безвало́сы (destitute of hair) · de haarlos (destitute of hair) · bg неокосмен (destitute of hair) · cy di-flew (destitute of hair) · sa अकेश (destitute of hair) · mk ќос (destitute of hair) · el σπανός (destitute of hair) · ota تویسز (destitute of hair) · cy llyfn (destitute of hair) · es desvellado (destitute of hair) · es viringo (destitute of hair) · cs bezvlasý (destitute of hair) · la glaber (destitute of hair) · ar أَجْرَد (destitute of hair) · tl kutipyo (destitute of hair) · fr glabre (destitute of hair) · uk безволо́сий (destitute of hair) · ru безволо́сый (destitute of hair) · pt careca (destitute of hair) · fa بیمو (destitute of hair) · tr kılsız (destitute of hair) · io senhara (destitute of hair) · pl bezwłosy (destitute of hair) · pt calvo (destitute of hair)