lossless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English loss

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 lossless

From loss + -less.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒs.ləs/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

lossless (comparative more lossless, superlative most lossless)

1. Free from loss, especially not losing electrical energy or force.
2. (information theory) Not losing information.

Antonyms

• lossy

Derived terms

• lossless junction
• losslessly
• losslessness

Translations

not losing information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無損 / 无损 (zh) (wúsǔn)

• Czech: bezeztrátový
• Finnish: häviötön
• Georgian: უდანაკარგო (udanaḳargo)
• German: verlustfrei (de)
• Hungarian: veszteségmentes
• Japanese: ロスレス (rosuresu), 可逆 (ja) (kagyaku) (data compression, literally “reversible”)
• Polish: bezstratny
• Swedish: förlustfri