Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tapeless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: tape-less
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without tape (adhesive product).

adj

Not using or requiring the medium of tape, such as audio or video tape.

Example Sentences

"tapeless splicer"
"The video from tapeless camcorders is very difficult to edit on a computer, too."

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape 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 tapeless From tape + -less.

Phrases

tapeless workflow

Questions

What does tapeless mean?: Without tape (adhesive product).
Where does tapeless come from?: Etymology tree Old English tæppa Middle English tape English tape 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 tapeless From tape + -less.

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