Meanings
nounbaldness (countable and uncountable, plural baldnesses)
plural baldnesses
- countableuncountableThe condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.
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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 144Synonyms: alopecia, hairlessness, calvities, calvity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
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nounthe condition of having no hair on the top of the head
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Origin
- Middle Englishballednesse
- Englishbaldness
From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.
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Ancient Greek φαλακρότης
- φαλακρότης (phalakrótēs)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Arabic صَلَع
- صَلَع (ṣalaʕ)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Bulgarian плеши́вост
- плеши́вост (plešívost)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Catalan calvície, calbesa
- calvíciecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calbesacondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Chinese Mandarin 禿頭 /秃头
- 禿頭 /秃头 (tūtóu)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Czech plešatost
- plešatostcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Dutch kaalheid
- kaalheidcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Esperanto kalveco, senhareco
- kalvecocondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- senharecocondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Finnish kaljuus
- kaljuuscondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
French calvitie
- calvitiecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
German Glatze, Glatzköpfigkeit
- Glatzecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Glatzköpfigkeitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Haarlosigkeitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Haarlosseincondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Kahlköpfigkeitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Kahlheitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Calvitiescondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Alopezie (androgenetische; des Mannes)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Glatzenbildung (männliche / weibliche)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Kargheitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Dürftigkeitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- Schmucklosigkeitcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Greek φαλάκρα
- φαλάκρα (falákra)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Hungarian kopaszság
- kopaszságcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Indonesian botak
- botakcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Italian calvizie
- calviziecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Japanese 禿
- 禿 (hage)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Korean 탈모증
- 탈모증 (talmojeung)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Latin calvitium, calvitiēs
- calvitiumcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calvitiēscondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Polish łysienie
- łysieniecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Portuguese calvice, calvície
- calvicecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calvíciecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Romanian chelie, pleșuvie
- cheliecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- pleșuviecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calvițiecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Russian облысе́ние, плеши́вость
- облысе́ние (oblysénije)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- плеши́вость (plešívostʹ)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Slovak plešatosť
- plešatosťcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Spanish calvicie, calvez
- calviciecondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calvezcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- calvatruenocondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Swahili upara
- uparacondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Swedish skallighet
- skallighetcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Tagalog upaw
- upawcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Tamil சொட்டை
- சொட்டை (coṭṭai)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Turkish dazlak, dazlaklık
- dazlakcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- dazlaklıkcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- kellikcondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Ukrainian облисі́ння, полисі́ння
- облисі́ння (oblysínnja)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- полисі́ння (polysínnja)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
- пліши́вість (plišývistʹ)condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
Vietnamese hói đầu
- hói đầucondition or state of being (or becoming) bald
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APA
baldness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baldness
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“baldness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baldness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baldness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baldness.
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