adj
Meaning 1
Having no trees.
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
Standard Lemma guide
treeless
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Pronunciation
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adjective
Meaning 2
not wooded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unwooded
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English treeless From tree + -less.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: træløs — having no trees
- Esperanto: senarbara — having no trees
- Finnish: puuton — having no trees
- German: baumlos — having no trees
- Ancient Greek: ἄδενδρος (ádendros) — having no trees
- Hungarian: fátlan — having no trees
- Māori: mūhore — having no trees
- Norwegian Bokmål: treløs — having no trees
- Polish: bezdrzewny — having no trees
- Swedish: trädlös — having no trees
- Turkish: ağaçsız — having no trees