Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheeseless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cheese-less
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without cheese.

Example Sentences

"In 1983, for example, the government bought 12 percent of all dairy products and stored away (presumably for a rainy, cheeseless, day) some 17 billion pounds of butter, cheese, and dried milk."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cheese Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cheeseless From cheese + -less.

Inflected Forms

cheese-less (alternative)

Derived Forms

cheeselessness

Questions

What does cheeseless mean?: Without cheese.
Where does cheeseless come from?: Etymology tree English cheese Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cheeseless From cheese + -less.

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