Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

    My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.

    Glatze, Glatzköpfigkeit, Haarlosigkeit

    облысе́ниеoblysénije, плеши́востьplešívostʹ

    облисі́нняoblysínnja, полисі́нняpolysínnja, пліши́вістьplišývistʹ

More definitions
  • the condition of having no hair on the top of the head

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom kept his hat on to hide his baldness.

    ruТом не стал снимать шляпу, чтобы не показывать свою лысину.

    deTom behielt seinen Hut auf, um seine Glatzköpfigkeit zu verbergen.

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  2. There's no cure for baldness.

    ruОт облысения нет лекарства.

    deKahlköpfigkeit kann man nicht kurieren.

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  3. At home everything is early, both talent and baldness.

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  4. So far, a cure for baldness has not been discovered yet.

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  5. Tom has male pattern baldness.

    ruУ Тома облысение мужского типа.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:
Русский
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condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:

Origin

From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.

From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.

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Forms

plural: baldnesses
Singularbaldness
Pluralbaldnesses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
baldness in humans:alopecia
Close in meaning
  • the condition of having no hair on the top of the head:phalacrosis

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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