bald

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also 2 German 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 3 Old English 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective 4 Old High German 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɔːld/, SAMPA: /bO:ld/
• (US) IPA: /bɑld/, SAMPA: /bAld/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔːld
• Homophones: balled

[edit] Adjective

Wikipedia bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest)

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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

• CJKV Characters: 秃, 禿
• Ido: kalva

[edit] Noun

bald (plural balds)

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.

[edit] See also

• callow
• nott
• Appalachian balds on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Appalachian balds

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

bald

1. soon

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Adjective

bald

1. bold

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Adjective

bald

1. bold