Meanings
nounchildlessness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being childless.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀτεκνία
- ἀτεκνία (ateknía)state of being childless
Chinese Mandarin 无后
- 无后 (wúhòu)state of being childless
Danish barnløshed
- barnløshedstate of being childless
Dutch kinderloosheid
- kinderloosheidstate of being childless
Finnish lapsettomuus
- lapsettomuusstate of being childless
German Kinderlosigkeit
- Kinderlosigkeitstate of being childless
Greek ατεκνία
- ατεκνία (ateknía)state of being childless
Hindi संतानहीनता, निःसंतानता
- संतानहीनता (santānhīntā)state of being childless
- निःसंतानता (niḥsantāntā)state of being childless
Hungarian gyermektelenség
- gyermektelenségstate of being childless
Latvian bezbērnotība
- bezbērnotībastate of being childless
Lithuanian bevaikystė
- bevaikystėstate of being childless
Norwegian Bokmål barnløshet
- barnløshetstate of being childless
Polish bezdzietność, bezpotomność
- bezdzietnośćstate of being childless
- bezpotomnośćstate of being childless
Russian безде́тность
- безде́тность (bezdétnostʹ)state of being childless
Swahili ugumba
- ugumbastate of being childless
Swedish barnlöshet
- barnlöshetstate of being childless
Turkish çocuksuzluk
- çocuksuzlukstate of being childless
Ukrainian безді́тність
- безді́тність (bezdítnistʹ)state of being childless
Cite this entry
APA
childlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlessness
MLA
“childlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childlessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childlessness.
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