Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seamless

/sˈimləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
seam-less
IPA
/sˈimləs/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no seams.

adj

Without interruption; coherent.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English seemles, semeles, semles, Old English *sēamlēas, equivalent to seam + -less. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sømløs (“seamless”), Swedish sömlös (“seamless”).

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Phrases

seamless branching seamless integration seamless interconnection seamless stockings

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Questions

How do you pronounce seamless?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˈimləs/.
What does seamless mean?
Having no seams.
Where does seamless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce seamless

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