waterless

English

Etymology

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water +‎ -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“watterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

Adjective

waterless (not comparable)

1. Dry, arid, lacking water.

   The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.

2. Not requiring water.

   How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?

Translations

lacking water

• Danish: vandløs
• Esperanto: senakva
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄνυδρος (ánudros)

• Ido: senaqua (io)
• Mansi:
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannløs

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• Scottish Gaelic: gun uisge (gd) (without water)
• Spanish: sin (es) agua (es) (without water)
• Turkish: susuz (tr)