Definition
Not subject to decay or rot; able to last indefinitely without breaking down or deteriorating.
Etymology
From decay (from Old French decair, meaning to fall away) plus the suffix -less (Old English -leas, meaning without). The compound emerged in modern English to describe things resistant to decomposition.
Kelly Says
This word reveals how we think about permanence—ancient Romans were obsessed with building things 'decayless,' which is why their concrete still stands after 2,000 years, but modern plastic, which we thought was decayless, is now our biggest environmental problem.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
腐敗しない
fəs-bəy-shinai
ARالعربية
غير مفسد
ghayr mufasid
BNবাংলা
বিবর্ধনশীল নয়
bi-bordhona-shi-l noy
CACatalà
decayless
deh-kay-less
CSČeština
nepodléhající rozpadu
ne-pod-le-ha-j-i-ce roz-padu
DADansk
forfaldsfri
for-falds-fri
DEDeutsch
verfallfrei
fer-fal-frei
ELΕλληνικά
αδιάβρωτος
dee-a-bro-tos
ESEspañol
inmune a la descomposición
in-mu-ne a la deh-skom-po-si-chon
FAفارسی
پوسیده نشدن
po-si-deh-na-sh-den
FISuomi
hajoittamaton
ha-jo-it-ta-ma-ton
FRFrançais
indécomposable
in-deh-kom-po-za-ble
HEעברית
בלתי-משחת
bal-ti-mis-cha-t
HIहिन्दी
घटनाहीन
ghatna-heen
HUMagyar
bomlásmentes
bom-las-men-tes
IDBahasa Indonesia
tidak membusuk
tidak membusuk
IGIG
nke-nwa-nwa
nke-nwa-nwa
ITItaliano
indistruttibile
in-di-stru-tti-bi-le
JA日本語
腐敗しない
fu-hai-shinai
KO한국어
부패하지 않음
bu-pae-ha-ji an-eum
MSBahasa Melayu
tidak membusuk
tidak membusuk
NLNederlands
vervalvrij
ver-val-vrij
NONorsk
forfallsfri
for-falls-fri
PLPolski
nie rozpadający się
nie roz-pa-da-y-chi-se
PTPortuguês
imune à decaimento
i-mu-ne a deh-kay-men-to
RORomână
imun la degradare
i-mun la deh-gra-da-re
RUРусский
неразлагаемый
ne-ra-z-la-ga-y-emy
SVSvenska
förfallsskydd
för-fal-s-skydd
TEతెలుగు
విచ్చలకం
vich-cha-lakam
TRTürkçe
çürümeyen
churu-meyen
UKУкраїнська
нерозкладаний
ne-roz-kla-da-niy
URاردو
کھراب نہیں
kha-rab nahin
VITiếng Việt
không bị phân hủy
khong bi phan huy
YOYO
àwọn ẹ̀rọ
awon eh-ro
ZUZU
umshayeleli
um-shay-e-le-li