"childlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-childlessness.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English childless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 childlessness From childless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|childless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English childless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 childlessness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "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" : "childlessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="childlessness"> From childless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} childlessness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being childless. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being childless): ἀτεκνία (ateknía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), бяздзе́тнасць (bjazdzjétnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), 无后 (wúhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), barnløshed [common-gender] (Danish), kinderloosheid [feminine] (Dutch), йочадымылык (jočadymylyk) (Eastern Mari), lapsettomuus (Finnish), Kinderlosigkeit [feminine] (German), ατεκνία (ateknía) [feminine] (Greek), संतानहीनता (santānhīntā) [feminine] (Hindi), निःसंतानता (niḥsantāntā) [feminine] (Hindi), gyermektelenség (Hungarian), баласыздық (balasyzdyq) (Kazakh), баласыздык (balasızdık) (Kyrgyz), bezbērnotība [feminine] (Latvian), bevaikystė [feminine] (Lithuanian), бездетност (bezdetnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), barnløshet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), barnløyse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), barnlausheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), bearnlīest [feminine] (Old English), bezdzietność [feminine] (Polish), bezpotomność [feminine] (Polish), безде́тность (bezdétnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ugumba (Swahili), barnlöshet [common-gender] (Swedish), çocuksuzluk (Turkish), безді́тність (bezdítnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-childlessness-en-noun-soGDKmBP Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Related terms: childless, cousinless, cousinlessness, daughterless, daughterlessness, descendantless, descendantlessness, descendantness, fatherless, fatherlessness, grandfatherless, grandfatherlessness, grandmotherless, grandmotherlessness, grandparentless, grandparentlessness, motherless, motherlessness, parentless, parentlessness, sonless, sonlessness
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