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childlessness

/ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/ noun

The state of being childless.

Word Origin Childlessness is the state of being without a child, from Old English cild and leas 'devoid of.' The -less suffix is a workhorse: fatherless, motherless, countless. The word child itself comes from Proto-Germanic kilþaz 'womb,' so a child is literally 'womb-product.' The PIE root *gel- also gives us words like 'girl' and 'geld' (to castrate).

noun The state of being childless. countable

Their childlessness allowed them to travel the world freely.

(名词) 无子女；膝下无子 【无子女状态】

没有孩子的状态让他们能够自由地周游世界。

(sustantivo) esterilidad [El estado de no tener hijos.]

El no tener hijos les permitió viajar por el mundo con libertad.

(nom) infécondité; stérilité [Fait de ne pas avoir d'enfants, par choix ou par impossibilité.]

Leur childlessness leur a permis de voyager librement à travers le monde.

(Substantiv) Kinderlosigkeit [Der Zustand, keine Kinder zu haben.]

Ihre **childlessness** ermöglichte es ihnen, frei um die Welt zu reisen.

(名詞) 子どもを持たない、または子どもがいない状態。

子どもがいないことで、彼らは自由に世界中を旅することができた。

(substantivo) O estado de não ter filhos.

O fato de não terem filhos lhes permitiu viajar pelo mundo com liberdade.

Synonyms: barrenness infertility sterility childfree nonparenthood unfruitfulness infecundity unproductiveness Antonyms: fecundity fertility parenthood fruitfulness
Word parts: child + less + ness

Related words

childish

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