Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tenseless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tense-less
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking grammatical tense

Example Sentences

"Those who endorse the A-theory of time, for example, often attempt to show that tense is ineliminable, i. e., it is impossible to adequately paraphrase tensed sentences into tenseless ones."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tense 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 tenseless From tense + -less.

Derived Forms

tenselessly tenselessness

Questions

What does tenseless mean?: Lacking grammatical tense
Where does tenseless come from?: Etymology tree English tense 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 tenseless From tense + -less.

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