priceless

English

Etymology

price +‎ -less

Adjective

priceless (comparative more priceless, superlative most priceless)

1. So precious as not to be sold at any price.
2. Treasured; held in high regard.
   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, BBC Sport:

     Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.

3. (informal) Hilariously amusing.
4. (obsolete) Of no value; worthless.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Barlow to this entry?)

Translations

so precious as not to be sold at any price

• Catalan: no tenir preu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無價 (cmn), 无价 (cmn) (wújià)

• Dutch: van onschatbare waarde (nl)
• French: inestimable (fr)
• German: preislos (de), unbezahlbar (de)
• Hungarian: felbecsülhetetlen (hu)
• Japanese: プライスレス (ja) (puraisuresu)

• Manx: ard-leagharagh (gv)
• Norwegian: uvurderlig (no)
• Polish: bezcenny (pl) m
• Portuguese: inestimável (pt)
• Russian: бесценный (ru) (bescénnyj), неоценимый (ru) (neocenímyj)
• Swedish: obetalbar (sv), oskattbar (sv), ovärderlig (sv)
• Telugu: వెలలేని (te) (velalEni)
• Turkish: paha biçilemez (tr)