adj
Meaning 1
Having no feathers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apteric, unfeathered
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
featherless
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
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛðələs/
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General-American: /ˈfɛðəɹləs/
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adjective
Meaning 2
having no feathers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a featherless biped
- the unfeathered legs of an Orpington
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unfeathered
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: dibluñv — having no feathers
- Catalan: implume — having no feathers
- Finnish: sulaton — having no feathers
- German: federlos — having no feathers
- Hungarian: tollatlan — having no feathers
- Hungarian: csupasz — having no feathers
- Italian: implume — having no feathers
- Latin: implūmis — having no feathers
- Polish: bezpióry — having no feathers
- Polish: nieopierzony — having no feathers
- Spanish: implume — having no feathers
- Turkish: tüysüz — having no feathers
- Ottoman Turkish: تویسز (tüysüz) — having no feathers
Real reading context