fatless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fat

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English fatless

From fat + -less.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfætləs/

Adjective

fatless (not comparable)

1. Without fat, especially in the senses: made without fat, fat-free.
   • 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:

     Soon oranges were seedless,
     The putting green was weedless,
     The college boy hatless,
     The proper diet, fatless, […]

Derived terms

• fatlessness

Translations

without fat

• Finnish: rasvaton (fi)
• German: fettlos
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἀπίμελος (apímelos)

• Hungarian: zsírtalan (hu)
• Polish: beztłuszczowy (pl)
• Russian: обезжи́ренный (ru) (obezžírennyj)
• Turkish: yağsız (tr)

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