Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yodless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yo-d-less
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking a palatal approximant.

Example Sentences

"In other contexts, yodless forms made the Roubaix-Tourcoing distinctive from their French and Lille equivalents [kaʀti], [piʀ] and [di] quartier ‘quarter’, ‘neighbourhood’, Pierre ‘Peter’, Dieu ‘God’, cf. [kaʀtje], [pjɛʀ], [djø]."
"The younger the speaker is, the more yodless is the pronunciation, while the more educated the speaker is, the more yod is used (or retained) in this particular phonological environment."
"Hence yod not only does not strengthen word-initially; it also often disappears, yielding yod-ful and yodless variants in the daughter languages, sometimes even in the same language (cf. Cz už - juž)."

Etymology

From yod + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: yod

Rhymes With

codless

Questions

What does yodless mean?: Lacking a palatal approximant.
Where does yodless come from?: From yod + -less.

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