adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not having any children.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
without offspring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَبْتَر
(ʔabtar)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Azerbaijani:
sonsuz
— not having any children — see also child-free
Azerbaijani:
övladsız
— not having any children — see also child-free
Azerbaijani:
oğul-uşaqsız
— not having any children — see also child-free
Belarusian:
бяздзе́тны
(bjazdzjétny)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Bulgarian:
безде́тен
(bezdéten)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Catalan:
sense fills
— not having any children — see also child-free
Chinese Mandarin:
沒有兒女的 /没有儿女的
(méiyǒu érnǚ de)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Chinese Mandarin:
無子女的 /无子女的
(wúzǐnǚ de)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Chinese Mandarin:
無兒無女的 /无儿无女的
(wú'érwúnǚ de)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Czech:
bezdětný
— not having any children — see also child-free
Danish:
barnløs
— not having any children — see also child-free
Dutch:
kinderloos
— not having any children — see also child-free
Esperanto:
seninfana
— not having any children — see also child-free
Finnish:
lapseton
— not having any children — see also child-free
French:
sans enfants
— not having any children — see also child-free
Galician:
sen fillos
— not having any children — see also child-free
German:
kinderlos
— not having any children — see also child-free
Gothic:
𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃
(unbarnahs)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Ancient Greek:
ἄτεκνος
(áteknos)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Ancient Greek:
ἄπαις
(ápais)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Hindi:
संतानहीन
(santānhīn)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Hungarian:
gyermektelen
— not having any children — see also child-free
Icelandic:
barnlaus
— not having any children — see also child-free
Interlingua:
sin infantes
— not having any children — see also child-free
Irish:
gan chlann
— not having any children — see also child-free
Irish:
gan chúram
— not having any children — see also child-free
Irish:
gan leanbh
— not having any children — see also child-free
Japanese:
子無し
(konashi)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Korean:
자녀가 없다
(janyeo-ga eopda)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Korean:
자녀가 없는
(janyeo-ga eomneun)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Korean:
아이가 없다
(ai-ga eopda)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Korean:
아이가 없는
(ai-ga eomneun)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Northern Kurdish:
bêzarok
— not having any children — see also child-free
Lithuanian:
bevaikis
— not having any children — see also child-free
Macedonian:
бездетен
(bezdeten)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Māori:
huatea
— not having any children — see also child-free
Māori:
huamutu
— not having any children — see also child-free
Eastern Mari:
йочадыме
(jočadyme)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Middle English:
childles
— not having any children — see also child-free
Middle English:
barnles
— not having any children — see also child-free
Norwegian Bokmål:
barnløs
— not having any children — see also child-free
Norwegian Bokmål:
barnlaus
— not having any children — see also child-free
Norwegian Nynorsk:
barnlaus
— not having any children — see also child-free
Old English:
bearnlēas
— not having any children — see also child-free
Polish:
bezdzietny
— not having any children — see also child-free
Polish:
bezpotomny
— not having any children — see also child-free
Portuguese:
sem filhos
— not having any children — see also child-free
Russian:
безде́тный
(bezdétnyj)
— not having any children — see also child-free
Serbo-Croatian:
бѐздетан
— not having any children — see also child-free
Serbo-Croatian:
бѐздјетан
— not having any children — see also child-free
Serbo-Croatian:
bèzdetan
— not having any children — see also child-free
Serbo-Croatian:
bèzdjetan
— not having any children — see also child-free
Slovak:
bezdetný
— not having any children — see also child-free
Slovene:
brez otrok
— not having any children — see also child-free
Spanish:
sin hijos
— not having any children — see also child-free
Swahili:
gumba
— not having any children — see also child-free
Swedish:
barnlös
— not having any children — see also child-free
Turkish:
çocuksuz
— not having any children — see also child-free
Ukrainian:
безді́тний
(bezdítnyj)
— not having any children — see also child-free