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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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patent
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pe?t?nt/, /?pæ-/
- (General American) enPR: p?t??nt, p?t??nt, IPA(key): /?pæt?nt/, [p?æ??n?t], /?pe?-/, [p?e??-]
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
Etymology 1
The noun is derived from Middle English patent (“document granting an office, property, right, title, etc.; document granting permission, licence; papal indulgence, pardon”) [and other forms], which is either:
- a clipping of lettre patent, lettres patente, lettres patentes [and other forms]; or
- directly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (modern French patent), a clipping of Anglo-Norman lettres patentes, Middle French lettres patentes, lettre patente, and Old French patentes lettres (“document granting an office, privilege, right, etc., or making a decree”) (compare Late Latin patens, littera patens, litterae patentes).
For the derivation of Anglo-Norman and Middle French patente (adjective) in lettre patente, see etymology 2 below.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
patent (countable and uncountable, plural patents)
- (law)
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (specifically)
- (originally) A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- (US, historical) A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- (by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- (uncountable) Short for patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
- (figuratively)
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
patent (third-person singular simple present patents, present participle patenting, simple past and past participle patented)
- (transitive, law)
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- (US, historical) To obtain (over a piece of real property) a specific grant of ownership.
- To (successfully) register (a new invention) with a government agency to obtain the sole privilege of its manufacture, sale, and use for a specified period.
- (transitive, figuratively) To be closely associated or identified with (something); to monopolize.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English patent, patente (“wide open; clear, unobstructed; unlimited; of a document: available for public inspection”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman and Middle French patent (modern French patent), and directly from their etymon Latin pat?ns (“open; accessible, passable; evident, manifest; exposed, vulnerable”), the present active participle of pate? (“to be open; to be accessible, attainable; to be exposed, vulnerable; of frontiers or land: to extent, increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth?- (“to spread out; to fly”).
Adjective
patent (comparative more patent, superlative most patent)
- Conspicuous; open; unconcealed.
- Synonym: overt
- (baking) Of flour: fine, and consisting mostly of the inner part of the endosperm of the grain from which it is milled.
- (medicine) Open, unobstructed; specifically, especially of the ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale in the heart, having not closed as would have happened in normal development.
- (medicine, veterinary medicine) Of an infection: in the phase when the organism causing it can be detected by clinical tests.
- Explicit and obvious.
- Synonyms: express, monosemous, unambiguous; see also Thesaurus:explicit, Thesaurus:obvious
- (archaic)
- Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
- Appointed or conferred by letters patent.
- Especially of a document conferring some privilege or right: open to public perusal or use.
- (botany) Of a branch, leaf, etc.: outspread; also, spreading at right angles to the axis.
- (law) Protected by a legal patent.
- Synonym: patented
- (by extension, figuratively) To which someone has, or seems to have, a claim or an exclusive claim; also, inventive or particularly suited for.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- patent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Patten, patten, pét-nat
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??tent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p??ten/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?tent/
Noun
patent m (plural patents)
- patent
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?pat?nt]
Noun
patent m
- patent (declaration issued by a government to an inventor)
Derived terms
- patentový
Danish
Noun
patent n (singular definite patentet, plural indefinite patenter)
- patent
Declension
Related terms
References
- “patent” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa??t?nt/
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French patente, from lettres patentes (“letter in which a privilege is granted”), from Latin litterae patentes.
Noun
patent n (plural patenten, diminutive patentje n)
- patent [from 16th c.]
- Synonym: octrooi
Derived terms
- patentrecht
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: paten
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German patent, originating in student slang. Related to etymology 1.
Adjective
patent (comparative patenter, superlative patentst)
- excellent, exquisite [from mid 19th c.]
- Synonyms: geweldig, voortreffelijk
Inflection
German
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adjective
patent (comparative patenter, superlative am patentesten)
- clever
- ingenious
Declension
Further reading
- “patent” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa.tent/, [?pät??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.tent/, [?p??t??n?t?]
Verb
patent
- third-person plural present active indicative of pate?
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a short form of lettres patentes, from Anglo-Norman lettre patente (“open letter”), from Latin littera patens.
Alternative forms
- patente, patentt
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/, /?pat?nt/
Noun
patent (plural patentes)
- A letter conferring a privilege or status.
- Such a privilege or status conferred.
- (rare) A letter conferring other advantages.
Descendants
- English: patent (noun)
References
- “patent(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle French patent, from Old French, from Latin pat?ns.
Alternative forms
- patente
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/, /?pat?nt/
Adjective
patent
- (rare) open, unconfined, unrestricted
Descendants
- English: patent (adjective)
References
- “patent(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
Noun
patent
- Alternative form of patene
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.
Noun
patent n (definite singular patentet, indefinite plural patent or patenter, definite plural patenta or patentene)
- patent
Related terms
- patentere
References
- “patent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Short form of Anglo-Norman lettre patente.
Noun
patent n (definite singular patentet, indefinite plural patent, definite plural patenta)
- patent
References
- “patent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French patente, from Latin pat?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t?nt/
Noun
patent m inan
- patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)
Declension
Further reading
- patent in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- patent in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French patent.
Adjective
patent m or n (feminine singular patent?, masculine plural paten?i, feminine and neuter plural patente)
- patent
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?tent/
- Hyphenation: pa?tent
Noun
pàtent m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- patent (official declaration that someone is the inventor of something)
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?t?nt/
Noun
patent n
- patent
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- patten
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