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bold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??ld/, [b??ld]
- (General American) IPA(key): /bo?ld/
- Rhymes: -??ld
- Homophone: bowled
Etymology 1
From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budl?, *buþl? (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *b?uH-.
Cognate with Old Frisian bold (“house”) (whence North Frisian bol, boel, bøl (“house”)), North Frisian bodel, budel (“property, inheritance”), Middle Low German b?del (“property, real estate”). Related to build.
Alternative forms
- bolde, boolde (both obsolete)
Noun
bold (plural bolds)
- (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Related terms
- bottle
- build
Etymology 2
From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?el-, *b?l?- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).
Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). For semantic development compare Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).
Adjective
bold (comparative bolder, superlative boldest)
- Courageous, daring.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 239c.
- It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 239c.
- Visually striking; conspicuous.
- the painter's bold use of colour and outline
- (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
- Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
- […] even the bolde?t and mo?t affirmative Philo?ophy, which has ever attempted to impo?e its crude Dictates and Principles on Mankind.
- (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
- All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
- Full-bodied.
- (Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
- Steep or abrupt.
Synonyms
- (courageous): audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward, doughty
- See also Thesaurus:brave
Related terms
- bield
- bolden
- boldness
- embolden
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English bolden, balden, from Old English baldian, bealdian, from Proto-Germanic *balþ?n?, related to *balþaz (see above). Cognate with Old High German irbald?n (“to become bold, dare”).
Verb
bold (third-person singular simple present bolds, present participle bolding, simple past and past participle bolded)
- (transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
- […] for this bu?ines,
- It touches vs, as France inuades our land
- Not bolds the King, with others whome I feare,
- Mo?t iu?t and heauy cau?es make oppo?e.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold.
Anagrams
- BLOD
Cebuano
Etymology
From English bold, from 1940s-1970s bold films (exploitation film).
Adjective
bold
- naked, nude
- pornographic
Danish
Alternative forms
- boldt (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Norse b?llr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b??l?d?]
- Rhymes: -?ld
Noun
bold c (singular definite bolden, plural indefinite bolde)
- ball
Declension
Derived terms
- fodbold
- tennisbold
Further reading
- “bold” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “bold” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Old English
Etymology
Probably representing an earlier *bodl, *boþl, from Proto-West Germanic *b?þl, from Proto-Germanic *b?þl?, from an instrumental form of *b?an? (“to dwell”). Compare Old Norse ból. More at suffix -eld.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bold/, [bo?d]
Noun
bold n
- house, dwelling, building
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: bold
- English: bold
Romanian
Etymology
From a Common Slavic root *bodli.
Noun
bold n (plural bolduri)
- pin
Derived terms
- îmboldi
See also
- ac
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unbold
English
Etymology
From Middle English unbolde, unbald, from Old English unbeald (“unbold, unconfident, irresolute”), from Proto-Germanic *unbalþaz (“unbold”), equivalent to un- +? bold. Cognate with Old High German unbald (“discouraged”).
Verb
unbold (third-person singular simple present unbolds, present participle unbolding, simple past and past participle unbolded)
- (typography, transitive) To change (text) from a bold typeface to a non-bolded typeface.
Adjective
unbold (not comparable)
- (typography) Not bold.
Anagrams
- blound
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