adj
Meaning 1
Containing no lead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lead-free
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adj
Meaning 2
Containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
(of gasoline) not containing tetraethyl lead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lead-free gasoline
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonleaded
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom Gaulish *loudonbor.? Proto-West Germanic *laud Old English lēad Middle English led English lead 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 lead-free From lead + -free.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: senplumba — containing no lead
- Finnish: lyijytön — containing no lead
- French: sans plomb — containing no lead
- German: bleifrei — containing no lead
- Luxembourgish: bläifräi — containing no lead
- Macedonian: безоловен (bezoloven) — containing no lead
- Māori: matākore — containing no lead
- Polish: bezołowiowy — containing no lead
- Swedish: blyfri — containing no lead
- Finnish: lyijytön — petroleum: containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
- German: bleifrei — petroleum: containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
- Macedonian: безоловен (bezoloven) — petroleum: containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
- Polish: bezołowiowy — petroleum: containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
- Swedish: blyfri — petroleum: containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
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