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bald
English
Etymology
From Middle English bald, balde, belde, ballid, balled (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”).
Alternate etymology has Gothic ????????????????- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English b?l (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *b?l?), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ball (“forehead”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b???d] Non-standard: IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b??ld]
- (US) IPA(key): /b?ld/; (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
- Homophone: balled
Adjective
bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)
- Having no hair, fur or feathers.
- Synonym: hairless
- Antonyms: faxed, haired
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- The Skin Horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.
- (specifically) Having no hair on the head.
- (by extension) Denuded of any covering.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
- (of a statement or account) Unembellished.
- (of a statement) Without evidence or support being provided.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bald (plural balds)
- (Appalachia) A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
Verb
bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded)
- (intransitive) To become bald.
See also
- callow
- nott
Translations
Further reading
- bald on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appalachian balds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- ABDL, DLAB, blad
German
Etymology
From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?el-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balt/
- Homophone: ballt
Adverb
bald (comparative eher or früher, superlative am ehesten or frühesten)
- soon, near in time
- Synonyms: demnächst, in Kürze, zeitnah
- almost
- Synonyms: fast, beinahe
Derived terms
- alsbald
- bis bald
- in Bälde
- sobald
Related terms
- -bold
Further reading
- “bald” in Duden online
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?ld/, [b??d]
Adjective
bald (Anglian)
- Alternative form of beald
Declension
Old High German
Alternative forms
- pald
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bald/
Adjective
bald
- bold, quick
Derived terms
- bald?
- baldo
Descendants
- Middle High German: balt
References
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr.
Adjective
bald (comparative baldoro, superlative baldost)
- bold, fearless
Declension
Descendants
- Middle Low German: bald, bold, balt, bolt
- German Low German: bold, boll
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baed
English
Verb
baed
- simple past tense and past participle of ba
Anagrams
- Abed, abed, adeb, bade, bead
Dibabawon Manobo
Noun
baed
- wave
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pat?/
- Tone numbers: baed8
- Hyphenation: baed
Etymology 1
Compare Thai ??? (bpàt, “glass bead”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
baed (Sawndip forms ? or ????, old orthography b?d)
- pupil (of the eye)
Derived terms
- lwgbaed
Etymology 2
From Chinese ? (MC b?ut?).
Noun
baed (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ????, old orthography b?d)
- Buddha
- shrine (for idols or ancestral tablets)
- Synonym: ham
- spirit of an ancestor
- Synonym: ham
- god; deity; divinity
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
baed (old orthography b?d)
- (dialectal) to toss; to throw; to fling
- Synonym: bi
- (dialectal) to sway; to swing
- Synonym: bi
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