Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colorless

/ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: col-or-less
IPA: /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

US standard spelling of colourless.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color 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 colorless From color + -less.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/
British English: /ˈkʌl.ə.ləs/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

more colorless (comparative) most colorless (superlative)

Derived Forms

colorlessly colorlessness

Synonyms

colourless

Questions

How do you pronounce colorless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/.
What does colorless mean?: US standard spelling of colourless.
Where does colorless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color 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 colorless From color + -less.

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