Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

childless

/tʃˈaɪldləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: child-less
IPA: /tʃˈaɪldləs/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not having any children.

Example Sentences

"I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?"
"“He’s a 70-year-old childless warmonger and he has no stake in the future of this country,” Dans said. “He is the very reason that MAGA started in the first place, and we only have to look at 2016 when he was a vehement Trump hater. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.”"

Etymology

From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: childles

Derived Forms

childlessly childlessness

Frequently Paired Words

child-free

Synonyms

babyless childrenless kidless offspringless

Questions

How do you pronounce childless?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈaɪldləs/.
What does childless mean?: Not having any children.
Where does childless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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