bald
English
/bɔːld/, /bəʊld/, /bɔld/, /bɑld/
adj
Definitions
- Having no hair, fur or feathers.
- (by extension) Denuded of any hair- or fur-like covering.
- Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.
- (of a) Unembellished.
- (of a) Without evidence or support being provided.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bald, bal derived from Proto-Germanic *bēlą (pyre).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bēlą
Gloss
pyre
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antibaldness English
- balden English
- baldening English
- baldfaced English
- baldhead English
- baldheaded English
- baldie English
- baldish English
- baldist English
- baldly English
- baldness English
- baldpate English
- baldpated English
- baldrib English
- baldy English
- ball English
- faced English
- head English
- headed English
- nonbald English
- pate English
- pated English
- rib English
- semibald English
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bēlą Proto-Germanic
- *beall Old English
- bæl Old English
- bælfyr Old English
- bǣl Old English
- भर्ग Sanskrit
- भाल Sanskrit
- bal Middle English
- bald Middle English
- foteball Middle English
- bál Old Norse
- *bělъ Proto-Slavic
- baldosë Albanian
- balë Albanian
- *bʰárgas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *bala Proto-Albanian