fearless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fear

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 fearless

From fear + -less.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪɹləs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪələs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)ləs
Hyphenation: fear‧less

Adjective

fearless (comparative more fearless, superlative most fearless)

Without fear.
- 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 3:
  "Our fearless reporter"... I'm not fearless, John. I don't like this.
- 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 207:
  England's wicket-keeper in the 50s, he was fearless about standing on the stumps to fastish bowlers[.]

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Translations

free from fear

Amharic: ደፋር (däfar)
Arabic: جريء m (jarīʔ), جريئة f (jarīʔa)
Armenian: անվախ (hy) (anvax)
Azerbaijani: qorxmaz (az)
Belarusian: бясстра́шны (be) (bjasstrášny)
Bulgarian: безстра́шен (bg) (bezstrášen), неустраши́м (bg) (neustraším)
Catalan: impàvid (ca), intrèpid (ca)
Cherokee: ᏍᎦᏎᏅ (sgasenv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不怕的 (zh) (bùpà de), 大膽的 / 大胆的 (zh) (dàdǎn de)
Czech: nebojácný m
Danish: frygtløs, uforfærdet
Dutch: onbevreesd (nl)
Esperanto: sentima
Finnish: peloton (fi)
French: courageux (fr), brave (fr), intrépide (fr)
Galician: destemido
Georgian: უშიშარი (ušišari), გაბედული (gabeduli), მამაცი (mamaci), შეუპოვარი (šeuṗovari)
German: furchtlos (de)
Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (unagands)
Greek: άφοβος (el) (áfovos)
Ancient Greek: ἄφοβος (áphobos), ἀδεής (adeḗs)
Hindi: निर्भीक (hi) m (nirbhīk), निडर (hi) (niḍar), निर्भय (hi) (nirbhay)
Hungarian: rettenthetetlen (hu), félelmetlen, féletlen (archaic)
Italian: senza paura, impavido (it)
Jamaican Creole: tallawah
Japanese: 大胆な (ja) (だいたんな, daitan na), 恐れない (ja) (おそれない, osorenai)
Latin: impavidus, intrepidus
Lithuanian: bebaimis
Macedonian: бестрашен (bestrašen)
Māori: mātātoa, wehikore
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fryktløs

Nynorsk: fryktlaus
Old English: unforht
Persian: نترس (fa) (natars)
Plautdietsch: forchtlooss
Polish: nieustraszony (pl)
Portuguese: destemido (pt), impávido (pt)
Russian: бесстра́шный (ru) (besstrášnyj), неустраши́мый (ru) (neustrašímyj)
Sanskrit: वीतभी (sa) (vītabhī)
Serbo-Croatian: neustràšiv (sh), неустрашив
Slovak: nebojácny
Spanish: intrépido (es), impávido (es), sin miedo
Swedish: orädd (sv)
Telugu: నిర్భయము (te) (nirbhayamu), భయములేని (te) (bhayamulēni)
Turkish: korkusuz (tr), yılmaz (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: قورقوسز (korkusuz)
Ukrainian: безстра́шний (uk) (bezstrášnyj)