English Online Dictionary. What means bold? What does bold mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊld/, [ˈbɒʊ(ɫ)d]
- (General American) IPA(key): /boʊld/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /baʉld/, [bɒʊ(ɫ)d]
- Rhymes: -əʊld
- Homophone: bowled
Etymology 1
From Middle English bold, from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl (“house, dwelling-place, mansion, hall, castle, temple”), from Proto-Germanic *budlą, *buþlą (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, wax, swell”) or *bʰuH-.
Cognate with Old Frisian bold (“house”) (whence North Frisian bol, boel, bøl (“house”)), North Frisian bodel, budel (“property, inheritance”), Middle Low German būdel (“property, real estate”). Related to build.
Alternative forms
- bolde, boolde (both obsolete)
Noun
bold (plural bolds)
- (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Related terms
- bottle
- build
Etymology 2
From Middle English bold, bolde, bald, beald, from Old English bald, beald (“bold, brave, confident, strong, of good courage, presumptuous, impudent”), from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“strong, bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰlē- (“to bloat, swell, bubble”).
Cognate with Dutch boud (“bold, courageous, fearless”), Middle High German balt (“bold”) (whence German bald (“soon”)), Swedish båld (“bold, dauntless”). Perhaps related to Albanian ballë (“forehead”) and Old Prussian balo (“forehead”). For semantic development compare Italian affrontare (“to face, to deal with”), sfrontato (“bold, daring, insolent”), both from Latin frons (“forehead”).
Adjective
bold (comparative bolder or more bold, superlative boldest or most bold)
- Courageous, daring.
- Antonyms: risk-averse; conservative; reluctant
- Visually striking; conspicuous.
- (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
- Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
- (Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
- Full-bodied.
- (Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
- Steep or abrupt.
Synonyms
- (courageous): audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward, doughty
- See also Thesaurus:brave
Derived terms
Related terms
- bield
- bolden
- boldness
- embolden
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English bolden, balden, from Old English baldian, bealdian, from Proto-Germanic *balþōną, related to *balþaz (see above). Cognate with Old High German irbaldōn (“to become bold, dare”).
Verb
bold (third-person singular simple present bolds, present participle bolding, simple past and past participle bolded)
- (transitive, informal) To make (a font or some text) bold.
- Synonyms: boldface, embolden
- Coordinate terms: italicize, strike through, underline
- (transitive, obsolete) To make bold or daring.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To become bold or brave.
Synonyms
- embolden
Derived terms
References
Anagrams
- BLOD
Cebuano
Etymology
From English bold, from 1940s-1970s bold film (exploitation film).
Adjective
bold
- naked, nude
- pornographic
Danish
Alternative forms
- boldt (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Norse bǫllr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʌlˀd̥]
- Rhymes: -ʌld
Noun
bold c (singular definite bolden, plural indefinite bolde)
- ball
Declension
Derived terms
- fodbold
- tennisbold
Further reading
- “bold” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “bold” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bold/, [boɫd]
Noun
bold n
- Alternative form of botl
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бодль (bodlĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bodъľь (“needle, pointy tip”). Compare Bulgarian бодил (bodil).
Noun
bold n (plural bolduri)
- pin
Declension
Derived terms
- îmboldi
See also
- ac
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English bold.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbold/ [ˈbold̪]
- Rhymes: -old
- Syllabification: bold
Adjective
bold (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜇ᜔) (colloquial)
- naked; nude; depicting nudity
- Synonyms: hubad, nakabold
Noun
bold (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜇ᜔) (colloquial)
- pornography; porn