baldness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.
We turn next to the puzzle of borderlineness: If Harry is intermediate between clear cases and clear noncases of baldness, “Is Harry bald?” seems to have no good, direct, answer.
2013, Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language, page 144:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| baldnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pattern baldness · female pattern baldness · male pattern baldness · antibaldness
Relateds
male-pattern hair loss · hair loss · female-pattern hair loss
Synonyms
calvities · hairlessness · alopecia (baldness in humans) · calvity
Translations (70)
de Dürftigkeit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Haarlossein (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ru плеши́вость (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Glatzköpfigkeit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · cs plešatost (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ast calvez (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · el φαλάκρα (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · hy ճաղատություն (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · pt calvície (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · grc φαλακρότης (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Glatzenbildung (männliche / weibliche) (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · cmn 禿頭 /秃头 (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · hu kopaszság (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · id botak (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Schmucklosigkeit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · io alopecio (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · la calvitiēs (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ca calvície (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · mk ќелавост (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · pl łysienie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · tr dazlaklık (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ar صَلَع (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ht pèt cheve (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · be аблысе́нне (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Alopezie (androgenetische; des Mannes) (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · eo kalveco (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · nl kaalheid (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ru облысе́ние (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · gl calvicie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ro pleșuvie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ckb کەچەڵی (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · sk plešatosť (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · tl upaw (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · jv botak (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · io senhareso (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ka სიმელოტე (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · tr kellik (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Kahlheit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ta சொட்டை (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · it calvizie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · sw upara (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · bg плеши́вост (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ko 탈모증 (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · es calvez (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ro chelie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · eo senhareco (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · uk пліши́вість (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Kargheit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · sv skallighet (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · es calvicie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Glatze (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · es calvatrueno (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · la calvitium (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · uk полисі́ння (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · vi hói đầu (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · hy քաչալություն (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · uk облисі́ння (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Kahlköpfigkeit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · fr calvitie (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · fi kaljuus (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · pt calvice (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · tr dazlak (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ro calviție (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · be пляшы́васць (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Calvities (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · io kalveso (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ca calbesa (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · de Haarlosigkeit (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · si තට්ටය (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald) · ja 禿 (condition or state of being (or becoming) bald)