rainless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *Hréǵʰnos?

Proto-Germanic *regną

Proto-West Germanic *regn

Old English reġn

Middle English reyn

English rain

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 rainless

From rain + -less.

Adjective

rainless (not comparable)

1. Without rain.

   Synonym: rainfree

Derived terms

• rainlessly
• rainlessness

Translations

without rain

• Bulgarian: без валежи (bez valeži)
• Finnish: sateeton (fi)
• German: niederschlagsfrei (de)
• Polish: bezdeszczowy (pl)