How do you pronounce tireless?

The recorded pronunciation is /tˈaɪɚləs/.

tireless

/tˈaɪɚləs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

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American usage

"James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line."

Etymology tree English tire 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 tireless From tire (“to become sleepy or weary”) + -less.

tirelessly tirelessness

fatigue fatigued tire indomitable relentless

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