Standard Lemma guide

hornless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈhɔːn.lɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈhɔːn.ləs/ UK, weak vowel merger
  • US: /ˈhɔɹn.lɪs/
  • /ˈhɔɹn.ləs/ US, weak vowel merger
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R N L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Without horns.

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

Meaning 2

having no horns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hornless cattle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: horned

History

Etymology

From Middle English hornles, equivalent to horn + -less. Piecewise doublet of cornless.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gul — without horns
  • Albanian: shyt — without horns
  • Arabic: أَجْلَح (ʔajlaḥ) — without horns
  • Bashkir: туҡал (tuqal) — without horns
  • Bulgarian: шут (šut) — without horns
  • Czech: bezrohý — without horns
  • Dutch: hoornloos — without horns
  • Finnish: sarveton — without horns
  • Finnish: nupo — without horns
  • French: écorné — without horns
  • French: acère — without horns
  • Galician: mouco — without horns
  • Galician: fanado — without horns
  • Galician: mono — without horns
  • German: hornlos — without horns
  • German: enthornt — without horns
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκέρατος (akératos) — without horns
  • Ancient Greek: ἄκερως (ákerōs) — without horns
  • Ingrian: muli — without horns
  • Irish: maol — without horns
  • Old Irish: máel — without horns
  • Latin: excornis — without horns
  • Lithuanian: beragis — without horns
  • Manx: meayl — without horns
  • Polish: bezrogi — without horns
  • Polish: nierogaty — without horns
  • Polish: szuty — without horns
  • Romanian: ciut — without horns
  • Russian: безро́гий (bezrógij) — without horns
  • Russian: комо́лый (komólyj) — without horns
  • Kildin-Sami: чуэрьвхэмь (čuer’vxem’) — without horns
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȕt — without horns
  • Spanish: mocho — without horns
  • Spanish: descornado — without horns
  • Turkish: boynuzsuz — without horns
  • Ukrainian: шутий (šutyj) — without horns
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