Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

odourless

/ˈəʊdələs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: odour-less
IPA: /ˈəʊdələs/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no odour.

Example Sentences

"They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odourless gas."
"Smiling, young, muscular, paunchless, probably odourless, he went."

Etymology

Etymology tree English odour 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 odourless From odour + -less.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈəʊdələs/

Inflected Forms

odorless (alternative, US)

Derived Forms

odourlessly odourlessness

Synonyms

odorless inodorous

Questions

How do you pronounce odourless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈəʊdələs/.
What does odourless mean?: Having no odour.
Where does odourless come from?: Etymology tree English odour 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 odourless From odour + -less.

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