Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: childless
IPA transcription: [tʃ'aɪldləs]
Pronunciations of childless
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: childless
    Meaning: without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"
Usage examples
  • Rich old couples, with no one to leave their money to, die childless.
  • Though Master Peter had no great wealth to leave behind him, still it was sad to him to be childless; and he would bemoan himself to his friends, when he laid one baby after another in the grave, saying: 'The lightning has been among the cherry-blossoms again, so there will be no fruit to grow ripe.'
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William the Conqueror, License CC BY-SA 4.0