balden

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Germanic *balluz

Old English *beall

Middle English bal?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰḗlH-o-m

Proto-Germanic *bēlą

Proto-West Germanic *bāl

Old English bæl?

Middle English balled

English bald

English -en

English balden

From bald + -en.

Verb

balden (third-person singular simple present baldens, present participle baldening, simple past and past participle baldened)

1. (transitive) To make bald
   • 1885, Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce, Cobwebs:

     Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place.

2. (intransitive) To become bald
   • 2010, Jordan Belcher, Tre Pound, page 123:

     At 65 years old, the top of his head had baldened, but gray patches surrounded his ears.

Anagrams

• Beland, Bandel, bandle, Bladen

Catalan

Verb

balden

1. third-person plural present indicative of baldar

Danish

Noun

balden c

1. definite singular of balde

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

balden

1. inflection of ballen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• balend, beland, bladen

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːten/

Verb

balden

1. first-person singular past indicative of baldit

Spanish

Verb

balden

1. inflection of baldar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative