Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vowelless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vow-el-less
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking vowels.

Etymology

Etymology tree English vowel 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 vowelless From vowel + -less.

Derived Forms

vowellessness

Questions

What does vowelless mean?: Lacking vowels.
Where does vowelless come from?: Etymology tree English vowel 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 vowelless From vowel + -less.

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