Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

articleless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-ti-cle-less
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without articles.

Example Sentences

"Mandarin, Korean, and almost all of the Slavic languages are articleless."
"A striking feature of English is the use of abstract nouns as articleless referring expressions, indicating that many abstract things are seen as inherently unique."

Etymology

From article + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: article

Derived Forms

articlelessness

Questions

What does articleless mean?: Without articles.
Where does articleless come from?: From article + -less.

How to pronounce articleless

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