"childless" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From Middle English childles; equivalent to child + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|childles}} Middle English childles, {{af|en|child|-less}} child + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} childless (not comparable)
  1. Not having any children. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: babyless, childrenless, kidless, offspringless Derived forms: childlessness Coordinate_terms: child-free Translations (not having any children): ἄτεκνος (áteknos) (Ancient Greek), ἄπαις (ápais) (Ancient Greek), sonsuz (Azerbaijani), övladsız (Azerbaijani), oğul-uşaqsız (Azerbaijani), бяздзе́тны (bjazdzjétny) (Belarusian), безде́тен (bezdéten) (Bulgarian), sense fills (Catalan), 沒有兒女的 (Chinese Mandarin), 没有儿女的 (méiyǒu érnǚ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無子女的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无子女的 (wúzǐnǚ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 無兒無女的 (Chinese Mandarin), 无儿无女的 (wú'érwúnǚ de) (Chinese Mandarin), bezdětný (Czech), barnløs (Danish), kinderloos (Dutch), seninfana (Esperanto), lapseton (Finnish), sans enfants (French), sen fillos (Galician), kinderlos (German), 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unbarnahs) (Gothic), gyermektelen (Hungarian), sin infantes (Interlingua), gan chlann (Irish), gan chúram (Irish), gan leanbh (Irish), 子供のいない (kodomo no inai) (alt: こどものいない) (Japanese), bevaikis (Lithuanian), бездетен (bezdeten) (Macedonian), huatea (Maori), huamutu (Maori), childles (Middle English), barnles (Middle English), bêzarok (Northern Kurdish), barnløs (Norwegian Bokmål), barnlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), barnlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), bearnlēas (Old English), bezdzietny (Polish), bezpotomny (Polish), sem filhos (Portuguese), безде́тный (bezdétnyj) (Russian), bezdetný (Slovak), sin hijos (Spanish), gumba (Swahili), barnlös (Swedish), çocuksuz (Turkish), безді́тний (bezdítnyj) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "sense": "not having any children",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not having any children",
      "word": "barnlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not having any children",
      "word": "çocuksuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezdítnyj",
      "sense": "not having any children",
      "word": "безді́тний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "childless"
}

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