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valveless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
valve-less
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no valves.

Etymology

Etymology tree English valve 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 valveless From valve + -less.

Derived Forms

valvelessness

Questions

What does valveless mean?
Having no valves.
Where does valveless come from?
Etymology tree English valve 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 valveless From valve + -less.

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