baldness
The condition or state of being baldThe condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
» Tom kept his hat on to hide his baldness.
Tom behielt seinen Hut auf, um seine Glatzköpfigkeit zu verbergen.
Том не стал снимать шляпу, чтобы не показывать свою лысину.
Meaning
1 senses(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
- the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
Examples
8 sentencesTom 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.
There's no cure for baldness.
ruОт облысения нет лекарства.
deKahlköpfigkeit kann man nicht kurieren.
At home everything is early, both talent and baldness.
So far, a cure for baldness has not been discovered yet.
Tom has male pattern baldness.
ruУ Тома облысение мужского типа.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.
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Forms
plural: baldnesses| Singular | baldness |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the condition of having no hair on the top of the head:phalacrosis
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable