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beardless

adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking a beard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smooth-faced

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not having reached puberty or manhood; youthful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Lacking an awn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • beardless wheat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

lacking hair on the face

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a smooth-faced boy of 14 years

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smooth-faced

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

having no beard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whiskerless

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bērdlēs, from Old English beardlēas (“beardless”), from Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus (“beardless”), equivalent to beard + -less. Cognate with Scots berdles (“beardless”), Saterland Frisian boartloos (“beardless”), West Frisian burdleas (“beardless”), Dutch baardeloos (“beardless”), German Low German baartlos (“beardless”), German bartlos (“beardless”).

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَمْرَد (ʔamrad) — without a beard
  • Armenian: անմորուք (anmorukʻ) — without a beard
  • Azerbaijani: saqqalsız — without a beard
  • Belarusian: безбаро́ды (bjezbaródy) — without a beard
  • Catalan: barbamec — without a beard
  • Czech: bezvousý — without a beard
  • Dutch: baardloos — without a beard
  • Esperanto: senbarba — without a beard
  • Faroese: óskeggjaður — without a beard
  • Finnish: parraton — without a beard
  • French: imberbe — without a beard
  • Galician: lampiño — without a beard
  • Galician: barbalampiño — without a beard
  • Galician: imberbe — without a beard
  • Georgian: უწვერო (uc̣vero) — without a beard
  • Georgian: უწვერულვაშო (uc̣verulvašo) — without a beard
  • German: bartlos — without a beard
  • German: ohne Bart — without a beard
  • Greek: αγένειος (agéneios) — without a beard
  • Greek: απώγων (apógon) — without a beard
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπώγων (apṓgōn) — without a beard
  • Ido: senbarba — without a beard
  • Irish: amhulchach — without a beard
  • Italian: imberbe — without a beard
  • Italian: sbarbato — without a beard
  • Japanese: ひげなし (Hi-ge nashi) — without a beard
  • Central Kurdish: کۆسە (kose) — without a beard
  • Northern Kurdish: kose — without a beard
  • Southern Kurdish: کووسە (kûse) — without a beard
  • Latin: imberbis — without a beard
  • Lithuanian: bebarzdis — without a beard
  • Macedonian: ќос (ḱos) — without a beard
  • Macedonian: голобрад (golobrad) — without a beard
  • Middle English: berdles — without a beard
  • Pali: amassuka — without a beard
  • Polish: bezbrody — without a beard
  • Portuguese: sem barba — without a beard
  • Portuguese: imberbe — without a beard
  • Portuguese: lampinho — without a beard
  • Russian: безборо́дый (bezboródyj) — without a beard
  • Serbo-Croatian: golobrad — without a beard
  • Serbo-Croatian: ćosav — without a beard
  • Spanish: imberbe — without a beard
  • Spanish: barbilampiño — without a beard
  • Spanish: lampiño — without a beard
  • Spanish: sin barba — without a beard
  • Spanish: carilampiño — without a beard
  • Spanish: desbarbado — without a beard
  • Turkish: sakalsız — without a beard
  • Turkmen: sakgalsyz — without a beard
  • Ukrainian: безборо́дий (bezboródyj) — without a beard
  • Welsh: di-farf — without a beard
  • Finnish: siloposkinen — not having reached manhood
  • Middle English: berdles — not having reached manhood
  • Polish: gołobrody — not having reached manhood
  • Spanish: inmaduro — not having reached manhood
  • Spanish: mancebo — not having reached manhood
  • Spanish: imberbe — not having reached manhood
  • Finnish: vihneetön — lacking awn
  • Irish: maol — lacking awn
  • Polish: bezostny — lacking awn
  • Polish: bezościsty — lacking awn