"painless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-painless.wav Forms: more painless [comparative], most painless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|paynles}} Middle English paynles, {{af|en|pain|-less}} pain + -less, {{noncog|fy|pynleas|t=painless}} West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), {{noncog|nl|pijnloos|t=painless}} Dutch pijnloos (“painless”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷey-}} Head templates: {{en-adj}} painless (comparative more painless, superlative most painless)
  1. Free from pain; without pain or trouble. Categories (topical): Pain Translations (without pain or trouble): pynloos (Afrikaans), ἀνάλγητος (análgētos) (Ancient Greek), ἄλυπος (álupos) (Ancient Greek), غَيْر مُؤْلِم (ḡayr muʔlim) (Arabic), ağrısız (Azerbaijani), бязбо́льны (bjazbólʹny) (Belarusian), безболезнен (bezboleznen) (Bulgarian), indolor (Catalan), 無痛 (Chinese Mandarin), 无痛 (wútòng) (Chinese Mandarin), bezbolestný (Czech), smertefri (Danish), pijnloos (Dutch), sendolora (Esperanto), valutu (Estonian), kivuton (Finnish), indolore (French), უმტკივნეულო (umṭḳivneulo) (Georgian), schmerzlos (German), schmerzfrei (German), ανώδυνος άπονος (anódynos) (Greek), fájdalommentes (Hungarian), indolore (Italian), 無痛 (mutsū) (alt: むつう) (Japanese), neuphiandagh (Manx), kore mamae (Maori), tangatanga (Maori), smertefri (Norwegian Bokmål), smertefri (Norwegian Nynorsk), bezbolesny (Polish), indolor (Portuguese), nedureros (Romanian), fără durere (Romanian), безболе́зненный (bezboléznennyj) (Russian), безболан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bezbolan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sin dolor (Spanish), indoloro (Spanish), smärtfri (Swedish), ağrısız (Turkish), acısız (Turkish), безбо́лісний (bezbólisnyj) (Ukrainian), pynleas (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-painless-en-adj-u2DLI03r Disambiguation of Pain: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'without pain or trouble': 99 1
  2. Not difficult; easy. Categories (topical): Pain
    Sense id: en-painless-en-adj-HL~uVzYO Disambiguation of Pain: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: painlessly, painlessness Related terms: pain-free
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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      "word": "無痛"
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "kore mamae"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "tangatanga"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "bezbolesny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "indolor"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "nedureros"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "fără durere"
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      "roman": "bezboléznennyj",
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      "word": "безболе́зненный"
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "sin dolor"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "indoloro"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "smärtfri"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "acısız"
    },
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezbólisnyj",
      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
      "word": "безбо́лісний"
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      "code": "fy",
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      "sense": "without pain or trouble",
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