"bareness" meaning in English

See bareness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛə.nəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɛɚ.nəs/ [General-American], /ˈbeː.nəs/ [General-Australian], /ˈbeə.nəs/ [New-Zealand] (note: without the cheer–chair merger), /ˈbiə.nəs/ (note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger), /ˈbeɹ.nəs/ [Scotland], /ˈbɜː(ɹ).nəs/ (note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bareness.wav [Southern-England] Forms: barenesses [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)nəs Etymology: Etymology tree English bare Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bareness From bare + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|bare|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English bare Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bareness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bareness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="bareness"> From bare + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bareness (countable and uncountable, plural barenesses)
  1. The state of being bare. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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