wireless
/ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Functioning without an external wired connection.
Example Sentences
- "wireless headphones"
- "wireless charging"
- "Ozma, observing this action in her Magic Picture, at once caught up a similar instrument from a table beside her and held it to her own ear. The two instruments recorded the same delicate vibrations of sound and formed a wireless telephone, an invention of the Wizard. Those separated by any distance were thus enabled to converse together with perfect ease."
- "Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology."
- "It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”"
- "If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router."
Etymology
Etymology tree English wire 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 wireless From wire + -less.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
- British English: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Dated
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb