Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parentless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: par-ent-less
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no (living) parent.

adj

Having no parent in a data structure.

Example Sentences

"Firstly, then, who were these parentless children who seem to have been present in a sizeable proportion of households..."
"No, if you wanted to free yourself of feelings you didn't want to be an Engineer. Growing up parentless on Ditch Street, though; that would really do the trick."
"The top-level window is parentless and forms the root of the hierarchy."
"Two consequences of parentless elements complicate the rules."

Etymology

Etymology tree English parent 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 parentless From parent + -less.

Derived Forms

parentlessness

Phrases

half orphan

Frequently Paired Words

half orphan orphan fatherless motherless

Synonyms

unparented

Questions

What does parentless mean?: Having no (living) parent.
Where does parentless come from?: Etymology tree English parent 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 parentless From parent + -less.

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