expressionless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English expression

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 expressionless

From expression + -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

expressionless (comparative more expressionless, superlative most expressionless)

1. Without expression.

   Synonym: inexpressive

Derived terms

• expressionlessly
• expressionlessness

Translations

without expression — see also inexpressive

• Bulgarian: безизразен (bg) (bezizrazen)
• Catalan: inexpressiu
• Danish: udtryksløs
• Dutch: uitdrukkingsloos (nl)
• Esperanto: senesprima
• Finnish: ilmeetön (fi)
• French: inexpressif (fr)
• Georgian: არაფრის გამომხატველი (arapris gamomxaṭveli)
• German: ausdruckslos (de)
• Greek: ανέκφραστος (el) (anékfrastos)
• Hindi: भावहीन (bhāvhīn)
• Hungarian: kifejezéstelen (hu)
• Icelandic: svipbrigðalaus
• Italian: inespressivo (it)
• Japanese: 無表情な (ja) (むひょうじょう, muhyōjō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uttrykksløs

  Nynorsk: uttrykkslaus

• Polish: bezwyrazowy (not containing words)
• Russian: невырази́тельный (ru) (nevyrazítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: sin expresión
• Swedish: uttryckslös (sv)
• Ukrainian: невира́зний (uk) (nevyráznyj), безвира́зний (uk) (bezvyráznyj)