Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adj
Unable to be exhausted; having an endless supply; inexhaustible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exhaustible
adj
Not producing exhaust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: nonpolluting
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zero-emission
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustusder. English exhaust 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 exhaustless From exhaust + -less.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
