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English

Etymology

From Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin designō (I mark out, point out, describe, design, contrive), from de- (or dis-) + signō (I mark), from signum (mark). Doublet of designate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈzaɪn/
  • Hyphenation: de‧sign
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

design (countable and uncountable, plural designs)

  1. A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
  2. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
    The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.
  3. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
    We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts
  4. The composition of a work of art.
  5. Intention or plot.
    We have designs on winning the league next season.
    To be hateful of the truth by design.
    • 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisisana, PG, page 40:
      I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure.
    • 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
      At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them
    • 2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:
      Lisicki will rise from her current ranking of 62 to at least 35 in the world on the back of her efforts at the All England Club, but she will have serious designs on a first Grand Slam title after overcoming the 2007 runner-up.
    1. (particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
      To have evil designs.
  6. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
  7. The art of designing
    Danish furniture design is world-famous.

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Translations

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Verb

design (third-person singular simple present designs, present participle designing, simple past and past participle designed)

  1. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
    • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
      She designed his retirement from the Royal Irish Artillery, and had negociated an immediate berth for him on the Staff of the Commander of the Forces, and a prospective one in the household of Lord Townshend
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred years.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
    The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , London: T H for Edward Dod, , →OCLC, 1st book, page 10:
      he looks not below the Moon, but hath designed the regiment of sublunary affairs unto inferiour deputations.
    • 1700, John Dryden, Translations from Ovid's Epistles, Preface:
      He was designed to the study of the law.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
  5. To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.

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Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

design m inan

  1. design

Declension

Further reading

  • design”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • design”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz (in Czech), 1995

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈzɑi̯n/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: de‧sign

Noun

design n (plural designs)

  1. design
    Synonyms: ontwerp, vormgeving

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdisɑi̯n/,
  • Rhymes: -isɑin
  • Syllabification(key): de‧sign
  • Hyphenation(key): de‧sign

Noun

design

  1. design
    Synonym: suunnittelu

Declension

Inflection of design (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative design designit
genitive designin designien
partitive designia designeja
illative designiin designeihin
singular plural
nominative design designit
accusative nom. design designit
gen. designin
genitive designin designien
partitive designia designeja
inessive designissa designeissa
elative designista designeista
illative designiin designeihin
adessive designilla designeilla
ablative designilta designeilta
allative designille designeille
essive designina designeina
translative designiksi designeiksi
abessive designitta designeitta
instructive designein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of design (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative designini designini
accusative nom. designini designini
gen. designini
genitive designini designieni
partitive designiani designejani
inessive designissani designeissani
elative designistani designeistani
illative designiini designeihini
adessive designillani designeillani
ablative designiltani designeiltani
allative designilleni designeilleni
essive designinani designeinani
translative designikseni designeikseni
abessive designittani designeittani
instructive
comitative designeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative designisi designisi
accusative nom. designisi designisi
gen. designisi
genitive designisi designiesi
partitive designiasi designejasi
inessive designissasi designeissasi
elative designistasi designeistasi
illative designiisi designeihisi
adessive designillasi designeillasi
ablative designiltasi designeiltasi
allative designillesi designeillesi
essive designinasi designeinasi
translative designiksesi designeiksesi
abessive designittasi designeittasi
instructive
comitative designeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative designimme designimme
accusative nom. designimme designimme
gen. designimme
genitive designimme designiemme
partitive designiamme designejamme
inessive designissamme designeissamme
elative designistamme designeistamme
illative designiimme designeihimme
adessive designillamme designeillamme
ablative designiltamme designeiltamme
allative designillemme designeillemme
essive designinamme designeinamme
translative designiksemme designeiksemme
abessive designittamme designeittamme
instructive
comitative designeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative designinne designinne
accusative nom. designinne designinne
gen. designinne
genitive designinne designienne
partitive designianne designejanne
inessive designissanne designeissanne
elative designistanne designeistanne
illative designiinne designeihinne
adessive designillanne designeillanne
ablative designiltanne designeiltanne
allative designillenne designeillenne
essive designinanne designeinanne
translative designiksenne designeiksenne
abessive designittanne designeittanne
instructive
comitative designeinenne

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Inflection of design (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative design designit
genitive designin designien
partitive designiä designejä
illative designiin designeihin
singular plural
nominative design designit
accusative nom. design designit
gen. designin
genitive designin designien
partitive designiä designejä
inessive designissä designeissä
elative designistä designeistä
illative designiin designeihin
adessive designillä designeillä
ablative designiltä designeiltä
allative designille designeille
essive designinä designeinä
translative designiksi designeiksi
abessive designittä designeittä
instructive designein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of design (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative designini designini
accusative nom. designini designini
gen. designini
genitive designini designieni
partitive designiäni designejäni
inessive designissäni designeissäni
elative designistäni designeistäni
illative designiini designeihini
adessive designilläni designeilläni
ablative designiltäni designeiltäni
allative designilleni designeilleni
essive designinäni designeinäni
translative designikseni designeikseni
abessive designittäni designeittäni
instructive
comitative designeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative designisi designisi
accusative nom. designisi designisi
gen. designisi
genitive designisi designiesi
partitive designiäsi designejäsi
inessive designissäsi designeissäsi
elative designistäsi designeistäsi
illative designiisi designeihisi
adessive designilläsi designeilläsi
ablative designiltäsi designeiltäsi
allative designillesi designeillesi
essive designinäsi designeinäsi
translative designiksesi designeiksesi
abessive designittäsi designeittäsi
instructive
comitative designeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative designimme designimme
accusative nom. designimme designimme
gen. designimme
genitive designimme designiemme
partitive designiämme designejämme
inessive designissämme designeissämme
elative designistämme designeistämme
illative designiimme designeihimme
adessive designillämme designeillämme
ablative designiltämme designeiltämme
allative designillemme designeillemme
essive designinämme designeinämme
translative designiksemme designeiksemme
abessive designittämme designeittämme
instructive
comitative designeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative designinne designinne
accusative nom. designinne designinne
gen. designinne
genitive designinne designienne
partitive designiänne designejänne
inessive designissänne designeissänne
elative designistänne designeistänne
illative designiinne designeihinne
adessive designillänne designeillänne
ablative designiltänne designeiltänne
allative designillenne designeillenne
essive designinänne designeinänne
translative designiksenne designeiksenne
abessive designittänne designeittänne
instructive
comitative designeinenne

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Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English design. Doublet of dessein.

Pronunciation

Noun

design m (plural designs)

  1. design

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English design, from Latin designō (I mark out, describe, plan).

Pronunciation

Noun

design (countable and uncountable, plural designok)

  1. design (art and profession of designing functional objects such as furniture, vehicles, household appliances, etc.)
    Synonym: formatervezés

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative design designok
accusative designt designokat
dative designnak designoknak
instrumental designnal designokkal
causal-final designért designokért
translative designná designokká
terminative designig designokig
essive-formal designként designokként
essive-modal
inessive designban designokban
superessive designon designokon
adessive designnál designoknál
illative designba designokba
sublative designra designokra
allative designhoz designokhoz
elative designból designokból
delative designról designokról
ablative designtól designoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
designé designoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
designéi designokéi
Possessive forms of design
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. designom designjaim
2nd person sing. designod designjaid
3rd person sing. designja designjai
1st person plural designunk designjaink
2nd person plural designotok designjaitok
3rd person plural designjuk designjaik

Derived terms

See at dizájn.

Further reading

  • dizájn in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

Noun

design m (invariable)

  1. design (industrial)

References

  1. ^ design in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

design

  1. imperative of designe

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design, from Middle English designen, from Old French designer, from Latin dēsignō.

Pronunciation

Noun

design m inan

  1. (design) design (plan of usable objects)
    Synonyms: wzornictwo; wzornictwo przemysłowe
  2. (design) design (appearance of usable objects)
    Hypernym: wygląd

Declension

adjective

Further reading

  • design in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • design in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design. Doublet of desenhar and designar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.ni/ , /d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈzaj.ni/

Noun

design m (plural designs)

  1. design (plan for the structure and functions of an object or system)
    Synonyms: projeto, desenho
  2. design (aesthetically pleasing shape or appearance of an object)
  3. design (the art of designing aesthetically pleasing things)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

Noun

design n (uncountable)

  1. design

Declension

Declension of design
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative design designul
genitive-dative design designului
vocative designule

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology

Borrowed from English design. First attested in 1948.

Pronunciation

Noun

design c

  1. (countable, uncountable) design
    Synonym: (artistic) formgivning

Declension

References

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