Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: fish-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without fish.

Example Sentences

"This chapter describes the present-day colonisation by trout of a previously fishless headwater stream..."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish 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 fishless From fish + -less.

Derived Forms

fishlessness

Questions

What does fishless mean?: Without fish.
Where does fishless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish 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 fishless From fish + -less.

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