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baldness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the condition of having no hair on the top of the head

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phalacrosis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hairlessness, depilation

Narrower terms: alopecia, male-patterned baldness, male pattern baldness

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلَع (ṣalaʕ) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Armenian: ճաղատություն (čaġatutʻyun) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Armenian: քաչալություն (kʻačʻalutʻyun) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Asturian: calvez — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Belarusian: аблысе́нне (ablysjénnje) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Belarusian: пляшы́васць (pljašývascʹ) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Bulgarian: плеши́вост (plešívost) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Catalan: calvície — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Catalan: calbesa — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禿頭 /秃头 (tūtóu) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Czech: plešatost — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Dutch: kaalheid — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Esperanto: kalveco — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Esperanto: senhareco — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Finnish: kaljuus — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • French: calvitie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Galician: calvicie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Georgian: სიმელოტე (simeloṭe) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Glatze — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Glatzköpfigkeit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Haarlosigkeit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Haarlossein — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Kahlköpfigkeit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Kahlheit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Calvities — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Alopezie (androgenetische; des Mannes) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Glatzenbildung (männliche / weibliche) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Kargheit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Dürftigkeit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • German: Schmucklosigkeit — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Greek: φαλάκρα (falákra) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ancient Greek: φαλακρότης (phalakrótēs) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Haitian Creole: pèt cheve — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Hungarian: kopaszság — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ido: kalveso — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ido: senhareso — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ido: alopecio — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Indonesian: botak — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Italian: calvizie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Japanese: 禿 (hage) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Javanese: botak — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Korean: 탈모증 (talmojeung) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Central Kurdish: کەچەڵی (keçellî) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Latin: calvitium — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Latin: calvitiēs — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Macedonian: ќелавост (ḱelavost) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Polish: łysienie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Portuguese: calvice — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Portuguese: calvície — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Romanian: chelie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Romanian: pleșuvie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Romanian: calviție — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Russian: облысе́ние (oblysénije) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Russian: плеши́вость (plešívostʹ) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Sinhalese: තට්ටය (taṭṭaya) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Slovak: plešatosť — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Spanish: calvicie — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Spanish: calvez — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Spanish: calvatrueno — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Swahili: upara — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Swedish: skallighet — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Tagalog: upaw — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Tamil: சொட்டை (coṭṭai) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Turkish: dazlak — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Turkish: dazlaklık — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Turkish: kellik — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ukrainian: облисі́ння (oblysínnja) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ukrainian: полисі́ння (polysínnja) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Ukrainian: пліши́вість (plišývistʹ) — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald
  • Vietnamese: hói đầu — condition or state of being (or becoming) bald