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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
rain-less
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without rain.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain 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 rainless From rain + -less.

Derived Forms

rainlessly rainlessness

Synonyms

rainfree

Questions

What does rainless mean?
Without rain.
Where does rainless come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos? Proto-Germanic *regną Proto-West Germanic *regn Old English reġn Middle English reyn English rain 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 rainless From rain + -less.

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