fearless
‘without fear’
fear+-lessPRIV
-less — privative
The same meaning in all five languages
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Germanic
French
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Hindi
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Telugu
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Tamil
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Stem
fear
trépide
भय
భయం
அச்சம்
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Hindi
निर्भयnirbhay
भय+निर्-privative
Telugu
భయంలేనిbhayaṁlēni
భయం+-లేనిprivative
Tamil
அச்சமற்றaccamaṟṟa
அச்சம்+-அற்றprivative
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01fearless is an English adjective formed from the stem fear with the suffix -less (privative).3 steps
- rulerule:morphology-chain
- affixaffix:en:-less
- rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
02Its meaning ('without fear') is represented as NEG(HAVE(FEAR)) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
- rulerule:atom-structure
- atomatom:FEAR
03Aligned forms: French intrépide (translation equivalent); Hindi निर्भय (nirbhay) (translation equivalent); Tamil அச்சமற்ற (accamaṟṟa) (translation equivalent); Telugu భయంలేని (bhayaṁlēni) (translation equivalent).1 step
- rulerule:alignment