balder

Describes a person or animal without hair on the head, or a surface without its natural covering.

• 🇫🇷Qualifie une personne ou un animal sans cheveux sur le crâne, ou une surface dépourvue de son revêtement naturel.

1. Lacking hair A2 formal

   Having little or no hair on the scalp.

   • He started going bald in his early thirties.
   • The old man was completely bald.
   • She prefers men with a shaved bald head.

   🇫🇷chauve

   Synonymes: bald-headedglabroushairlessshavensmooth

   Antonymes: hairedhairy

2. Bare or plain B2 formal

   Lacking natural covering, decoration, or detail.

   • The landscape was bald and barren after the fire.
   • The report gave a bald statement of the facts.
   • The tire is completely bald and needs replacing.

   🇫🇷Dépouillé, sans ornement

   Synonymes: austerebarebarefacedbluntplainsimplesparsestarkunadornedunvarnished

   Antonymes: adornedcovereddecoratedhairyluxuriantornate

• balder comparative form
• baldest superlative form

indénombrable · nom propre

A proper noun referring to a god of light and peace in Norse mythology, noted for beauty and a sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg, husband of Nanna, who was killed by Hoth.

• 🇫🇷Nom propre désignant le dieu de la lumière et de la paix dans la mythologie nordique, réputé pour sa beauté et sa bonté ; fils d'Odin et de Frigg, époux de Nanna, tué par Höd.

1. Norse god of light and peace C1 formal

   In Norse mythology, the god of light, joy, purity, and peace, known for his beauty and kindness. He is the son of Odin and Frigg and the husband of Nanna.

   • Balder was beloved by all the gods for his gentle nature.
   • The death of Balder is one of the most tragic stories in Norse mythology.
   • Loki tricked the blind god Hoth into killing Balder with a mistletoe spear.

   🇫🇷Balder, dieu nordique de la lumière

   Synonymes: baldr

• balders plural form
• balders' possessive plural form
• balder's possessive singular form