fruitless

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːtləs/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈfɹutləs/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfɹʉːtləs/
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Inherited from Middle English fruytles; equivalent to fruit + -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: չբեր (čʻber) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Azerbaijani: barsız — bearing no fruit; barren
• Azerbaijani: meyvəsiz — bearing no fruit; barren
• Azerbaijani: məhsulsuz — bearing no fruit; barren
• Bulgarian: безплоден (bezploden) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Bulgarian: ялов (jalov) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Dutch: onvruchtbaar — bearing no fruit; barren
• Esperanto: senfrukta — bearing no fruit; barren
• Estonian: viljatu — bearing no fruit; barren
• Finnish: hedelmätön — bearing no fruit; barren
• French: abortif — bearing no fruit; barren
• German: erntelos — bearing no fruit; barren
• Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Greek: ακάρπιστος (akárpistos) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Greek: ακαρποφόρητος (akarpofóritos) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Ancient Greek: ἄκαρπος (ákarpos) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Hindi: फलहीन (phalhīn) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Italian: sterile — bearing no fruit; barren
• Lithuanian: bergždžias — bearing no fruit; barren
• Middle English: fruytles — bearing no fruit; barren
• Plautdietsch: fruchtlooss — bearing no fruit; barren
• Russian: беспло́дный (besplódnyj) — bearing no fruit; barren
• Serbo-Croatian: bèsplodan — bearing no fruit; barren
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐсплодан — bearing no fruit; barren
• Swedish: fruktlös — bearing no fruit; barren
• Arabic: عَقِيم (ʕaqīm) — unproductive; useless
• Armenian: ամուլ (amul) — unproductive; useless
• Armenian: ստերջ (sterǰ) — unproductive; useless
• Armenian: զուր (zur) — unproductive; useless
• Azerbaijani: barsız — unproductive; useless
• Azerbaijani: faydasız — unproductive; useless
• Azerbaijani: xeyirsiz — unproductive; useless
• Bulgarian: безплоден (bezploden) — unproductive; useless
• Bulgarian: безполезен (bezpolezen) — unproductive; useless
• Catalan: infructuós — unproductive; useless
• Chinese Mandarin: 枉然 (wǎngrán) — unproductive; useless
• Dutch: vruchteloos — unproductive; useless
• Dutch: vergeefs — unproductive; useless
• Esperanto: senfrukta — unproductive; useless
• Esperanto: sterila — unproductive; useless
• Esperanto: vana — unproductive; useless
• Estonian: viljatu — unproductive; useless
• Finnish: hyödytön — unproductive; useless
• Finnish: turha — unproductive; useless
• French: vain — unproductive; useless
• Georgian: უნაყოფო (unaq̇opo) — unproductive; useless
• German: fruchtlos — unproductive; useless
• German: unfruchtbar — unproductive; useless
• German: ergebnislos — unproductive; useless
• German: resultatlos — unproductive; useless
• German: unerquicklich — unproductive; useless
• German: unersprießlich — unproductive; useless
• Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos) — unproductive; useless
• Greek: ατελέσφορος (atelésforos) — unproductive; useless
• Ancient Greek: ἄκαρπος (ákarpos) — unproductive; useless
• Ancient Greek: ᾱ̓ργός (ārgós) — unproductive; useless
• Ancient Greek: ἐτώσιος (etṓsios) — unproductive; useless
• Ancient Greek: κενός (kenós) — unproductive; useless
• Ancient Greek: ἅλιος (hálios) — unproductive; useless
• Hindi: असफल (asphal) — unproductive; useless
• Hindi: निष्फल (niṣphal) — unproductive; useless
• Hindi: विफल (viphal) — unproductive; useless
• Italian: infruttuoso — unproductive; useless
• Italian: casso — unproductive; useless
• Japanese: 不毛 (fumō) — unproductive; useless
• Kazakh: жеміссіз (jemıssız) — unproductive; useless
• Korean: 헛되다 (heotdoeda) — unproductive; useless
• Latin: cassus — unproductive; useless
• Lithuanian: tùščias — unproductive; useless
• Macedonian: бесплоден (besploden) — unproductive; useless
• Māori: karore — unproductive; useless
• Māori: paraurehe — unproductive; useless
• Eastern Mari: арам (aram) — unproductive; useless
• Middle English: fruytles — unproductive; useless
• Norwegian Bokmål: verdiløs — unproductive; useless
• Norwegian Bokmål: verdilaus — unproductive; useless
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verdilaus — unproductive; useless
• Persian: بیثمر (bi-samar) — unproductive; useless
• Plautdietsch: fruchtlooss — unproductive; useless
• Polish: bezowocny — unproductive; useless
• Polish: próżny — unproductive; useless
• Polish: bezpłodny — unproductive; useless
• Portuguese: infrutífero — unproductive; useless
• Romanian: nefructuos — unproductive; useless
• Romanian: neproductiv — unproductive; useless
• Romanian: zadarnic — unproductive; useless
• Russian: беспло́дный (besplódnyj) — unproductive; useless
• Russian: бесполе́зный (bespoléznyj) — unproductive; useless
• Russian: тще́тный (tščétnyj) — unproductive; useless
• Sanskrit: विफल (viphala) — unproductive; useless
• Sanskrit: मोघ (mogha) — unproductive; useless
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-tharbhach — unproductive; useless
• Serbo-Croatian: bèsplodan — unproductive; useless
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐсплодан — unproductive; useless
• Spanish: infructuoso — unproductive; useless
• Swedish: fruktlös — unproductive; useless
• Telugu: నిష్ఫలము (niṣphalamu) — unproductive; useless
• Telugu: విఫలము (viphalamu) — unproductive; useless
• Thai: หมัน (mǎn) — unproductive; useless
• Ottoman Turkish: كارسز (kârsız) — unproductive; useless
• Azerbaijani: barsız — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Azerbaijani: sonsuz — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Dutch: onvruchtbaar — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Esperanto: senfrukta — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Esperanto: sterila — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Esperanto: malfekunda — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Estonian: viljatu — unable to have children — see also infertile
• German: unfruchtbar — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Greek: άκαρπος (ákarpos) — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Hungarian: terméketlen — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Hungarian: meddő — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Khmer: អារ (ʼaa) — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Sanskrit: वन्ध्य (vandhya) — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Swedish: ofruktsam — unable to have children — see also infertile
• Thai: หมัน (mǎn) — unable to have children — see also infertile