adj
Meaning 1
Not requiring one's hands to use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hands-free
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noun
Meaning 2
A hands-free phone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English hands Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English hands-free From hands + -free.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: niewymagający obsługi ręcznej — not requiring one's hands to use
- Spanish: manos libres (appositional) — not requiring one's hands to use
- Spanish: de manos libres — not requiring one's hands to use
- Spanish: tipo manos libres — not requiring one's hands to use
- Finnish: sankaluuri — hands-free phone
- Finnish: handsfree-puhelin — hands-free phone
- Polish: telefon głośnomówiący — hands-free phone
- Spanish: manos libres — hands-free phone