Bald

Wikipedia

See also bäld, and Bald.

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɔːld/, SAMPA: /bO:ld/
• (US) IPA: /bɑld/, SAMPA: /bAld/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːld
• Homophones: balled

Adjective

Wikipedia Bald (comparative er, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Bald

Comparative er

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Having no hair or feathers.
2. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
3. Of a statement: empirically unsupported.

Derived terms

bald eagle bald-faced baldie balding

baldly baldness baldy

Translations

having no hair

Albanian: tullac Arabic: أصلع, أقرع Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: soil Breton: moal br(br) Bulgarian: плешив bg(bg) Catalan: calb ca(ca) Chinese: 禿 (tū) Crimean Tatar: tazbaş Croatian: ćelav hr(hr) Czech: plešatý -á / -é (plešatější, nejplešatější) Danish: skaldet Dutch: kaal nl(nl) Esperanto: kalva eo(eo), senhara eo(eo) Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kalju fi(fi) French: chauve fr(fr) Georgian: მელოტი ka(ka) (meloti) German: kahl de(de), glatzköpfig de(de) Greek: φαλακρός el(el) Hebrew: קירח (qire'akh) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: kopasz hu(hu), tar hu(hu) Icelandic: sköllóttur is(is) m. Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Italian: calvo it(it) m., pelato it(it) m. Japanese: 禿げ ja(ja) (ハゲ, hage)

Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: calvus la(la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Luhya: sipara Macedonian: ќелав mk(mk) (ḱélav) m. Meru: kimencu Old English: calu ang(ang), hnot ang(ang) Persian: طاس fa(fa) (tâs) Polish: łysy pl(pl) Portuguese: calvo pt(pt), careca pt(pt) m. Romanian: chel ro(ro) Russian: лысый ru(ru) (lýsyj), плешивый ru(ru) (plešívyj) Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Serbian: ćelav sr(sr) Spanish: calvo es(es) Swahili: kipara sw(sw) Swedish: skallig sv(sv) Tagalog: kalbo Tamil: சொட்டை ta(ta) (sottai) Telugu: బట్టతల te(te) (baTTatala) Thai: ล้าน th(th) (láan), หัวล้าน th(th) (hŭa láan) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kel tr(tr) Vietnamese: trọc vi(vi), hói vi(vi) Welsh: moel cy(cy) West Frisian: keal fy(fy)

(of tyre) whose surface is worn away

Bulgarian: износен bg(bg) Czech: ojetý -á / -é (ojetější, nejojetější), sjetý cs(cs) m. Danish: nedslidt Dutch: kaal, afgesleten Finnish: kalju fi(fi) French: lisse fr(fr) Italian: liscio it(it) Macedonian: излижана mk(mk) (izlížana) f.

Portuguese: careca pt(pt) m. Russian: лысый ru(ru) (lýsyj) Swahili: kipara sw(sw) Swedish: blanksliten sv(sv) Telugu: గుండు (guMDu) Thai: โกร๋น th(th) (grohn) Turkish: kabak tr(tr)

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• CJKV Characters: 秃, 禿
• Ido: kalva

Noun

Singular Bald

Plural {{{1}}}

Bald ({{{1}}})

1. 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

Infinitive to Bald

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Bald (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) to become bald

See also

• callow
• nott
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German

Pronunciation

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Adverb

bald

1. soon

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Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *balthaz, whence also Old High German bald, Old Norse ballr

Adjective

bald

1. bold

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Old High German

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *balthaz, whence also Old English bald, Old Norse ballr

Adjective

bald

1. bold

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