fat-free

adjective

Not containing fat.

Meanings

adjectivefat-free (not comparable)

alternative fat free

  1. not comparableNot containing fat.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivewithout fat or fat solids

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishfat
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  6. Old Englishfrēo
  7. Englishfat-free

From fat + -free.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀπίμελος
  • ἀπίμελος (apímelos)not containing fat
Chinese Mandarin 脫脂 /脱脂
  • 脫脂 /脱脂 (tuōzhī)not containing fat
Dutch vet-vrij, vetvrij
  • vet-vrijnot containing fat
  • vetvrijnot containing fat
Esperanto sengrasa
  • sengrasanot containing fat
Finnish rasvaton
  • rasvatonnot containing fat
French sans gras, dégraissé
  • sans grasnot containing fat
  • dégraissénot containing fat
German fettfrei
  • fettfreinot containing fat
Hungarian zsírtalan, zsírmentes
  • zsírtalannot containing fat
  • zsírmentesnot containing fat
Japanese 無脂肪の
  • 無脂肪の (mushibō no)not containing fat
Polish bez tłuszczu, beztłuszczowy
  • bez tłuszczunot containing fat
  • beztłuszczowynot containing fat
Portuguese sem gordura
  • sem gorduranot containing fat
Russian обезжи́ренный
  • обезжи́ренный (obezžírennyj)not containing fat
Swedish fettfri
  • fettfrinot containing fat
Turkish yağsız
  • yağsıznot containing fat
Cite this entry
APA

fat-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-free

MLA

“fat-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-free. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fat-free,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat-free.

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