-less

Nghĩa (English)

Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

Synonyms

un-

non-

less

without

bereft of

deprived of

non-existing

a-

im-

devoid of

in-

lacking

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ləs/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Tiếng Anh Trung cổ: -les

Inherited from Tiếng Anh cổ: -lēas

Cognate with Tiếng Scots: -less

Cognate with Tiếng Frisia: -leas

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: -loos

Cognate with Tiếng Hà Lan: -loos

Cognate with Tiếng Hạ Giéc-man: -los

Cognate with Tiếng Đức: -los

Cognate with Tiếng Đan Mạch: -løs

Cognate with Tiếng Thụy Điển: -lös

Cognate with Tiếng Iceland: -laus

In summary

From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”), from lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”), from Proto-West Germanic *laus, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos (“-less”), Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”).