bald

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare Old Danish bældet (“bald”). An alternate etymology has Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą. Compare Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation, Northern England, Wales) IPA(key): /bɔːld/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /boːld/ (UK, nonstandard) IPA(key): /bəʊld/, [bɒʊld] (UK, nonstandard) IPA(key): [bɒld] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /bɑːld/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /bɔld/ (US) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɔld/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɑld/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /boːld/ Rhymes: -ɔːld Homophones: balled, bawled, (nonstandard) bold === Adjective === bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest) Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers. Synonym: hairless Antonyms: faxed, haired (specifically) Having little or no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head. Of animals, having areas (of fur or plumage) that are colored white, especially on the head. Of hair, nonexistent. (figurative) Lacking any covering. (figurative) Of a tyre, whose surface is worn away. (figurative) Of a statement or account, unembellished. (figurative) 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. (uncommon) A bald person. === Verb === bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded) (intransitive) To become bald. (transitive) To make bald. ==== Translations ==== === See also === callow nott === Further reading === 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 *bʰel-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /balt/ Homophone: ballt === Adverb === bald (comparative eher, superlative am ehesten) soon (near in time) Synonyms: demnächst, in Kürze, zeitnah almost (of a changing value that is predicted to reach said number soon) Synonyms: fast, beinahe (repeated) indicates a rapid alternation of states; now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., sometimes ... Synonyms: mal, manchmal bald Regen und bald Sonnenschein ― now rain, now shine ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -bold === Further reading === “bald” in Duden online “bald”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[7] (in German) == Middle English == === Adjective === bald alternative form of bolde == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑld/, [bɑɫd] === 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 beald, Old Norse ballr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bald/ === Adjective === bald bold, quick ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== baldī (“boldness”) baldo ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: balt German: (obsolete) bald Bavarian: bald === References === Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[8], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “bald”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[9] (in German), 6th edition == 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 ==== References ==== Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[10] (in German), 5th edition