design

See also: Design

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)

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.
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.
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
The composition of a work of art.
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^[1], 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^[2]:
  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.
The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.
The art of designing
Danish furniture design is world-famous.

Synonyms

(plan): See Thesaurus:diagram
(intention): See Thesaurus:design

Hyponyms

plan for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system (here a piece of software)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Burmese: ဒီဇိုင်း (dijuing:)
→ Czech: design
→ Dutch: design
→ Finnish: design
→ French: design
→ German: Design
→ Hungarian: dizájn, design
→ Italian: design
→ Japanese: デザイン (dezain)
→ Korean: 디자인 (dijain)
→ Polish: design
→ Portuguese: design
→ Russian: диза́йн (dizájn)
- → Kazakh: дизайн (dizain)
→ Serbo-Croatian: dizajn
→ Swedish: design
→ Turkish: dizayn

Translations

plan

Afrikaans: ontwerp (af)
Arabic: تَخْطِيط m (taḵṭīṭ), تصميم (taṣmīm)
Armenian: նախագիծ (hy) (naxagic)
Bulgarian: план (bg) m (plan), констру́кция (bg) f (konstrúkcija), диза́йн (bg) m (dizájn)
Catalan: disseny (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 設計 / 设计 (zh) (shèjì)
Czech: návrh (cs) m
Dutch: ontwerp (nl) n
Estonian: kavand
Esperanto: plano
Finnish: suunnitelma (fi), malli (fi), kaavio (fi), rakennekaavio
French: conception (fr) f, plan (fr) m
Galician: deseño (gl) m
Georgian: გეგმა (gegma)
German: Design (de) n, Entwurf (de) m, Plan (de) m
Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio)
Hindi: डिज़ाइन m (ḍizāin)
Hungarian: terv (hu), tervezet (hu), vázlat (hu)
Icelandic: hönnun f
Indonesian: desain (id), rancangan (id)
Italian: disegno (it) m, design (it) m, progetto (it), pianta (it)
Japanese: 設計 (ja) (せっけい, sekkei), デザイン (ja) (dezain)
Korean: 설계(設計) (ko) (seolgye), 계획(計劃) (ko) (gyehoek), 디자인 (ko) (dijain)
Kyrgyz: шөкөт (ky) (şököt)
Ladino: desen
Malay: reka bentuk
Maltese: disinn
Persian: طراحی (fa) (tarrâhi), دیزاین (fa) (dizâyn), طرح (fa) (tarh)
Plautdietsch: Plon m
Polish: projekt (pl) m inan, plan (pl) m inan, abrys (pl) m
Portuguese: projeto (pt) m, design (pt) m
Russian: план (ru) m (plan), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija), диза́йн (ru) m (dizájn), прое́кт (ru) m (proékt)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нацрт m, план m

Roman: nacrt (sh) m, plan (sh) m
Sindhi: َجنسار f (Jinsaar-a)
Spanish: diseño (es) m, modelo (es) m
Tagalog: antangan
Turkish: dizayn (tr), tasarım (tr)

pattern

Afrikaans: ontwerp (af)
Bulgarian: шарка (bg) f (šarka), десен (bg) m (desen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖案 / 图案 (zh) (tú'àn), 圖樣 / 图样 (zh) (túyàng), 模式 (zh) (móshì)
Dutch: dessin (nl)
Finnish: kuvio (fi), design (fi), kuviointi (fi), kuosi (fi)
French: modèle (fr) f
Georgian: დიზაინი (ka) (dizaini), მოდელი (modeli)
German: Muster (de) n
Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio)
Hungarian: minta (hu)
Ingrian: koosi
Italian: design (it)
Japanese: 模様 (ja) (もよう, moyō), デザイン (ja) (dezain)
Korean: 무늬 (ko) (munui)
Kyrgyz: шөкөт (ky) (şököt)
Lao: ລິງລາຽ (ling lāi)
Navajo: naʼashchʼąąʼ
Plautdietsch: Plon m
Polish: wzór (pl) m inan, motyw (pl) m inan
Portuguese: projeto (pt) m
Russian: узо́р (ru) m (uzór), образе́ц (ru) m (obrazéc), моде́ль (ru) f (modɛ́lʹ), диза́йн (ru) m (dizájn)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: узорак m, дизајн m, мустра f

Roman: uzorak (sh) m, dizajn (sh) m, mustra (sh) f
Spanish: modelo (es) m
Tagalog: antangan
Thai: แบบ (th) (bɛ̀ɛp)
Turkish: desen (tr)

composition

Afrikaans: versameling (af)
Bulgarian: компози́ция (bg) f (kompozícija), констру́кция (bg) f (konstrúkcija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 設計 / 设计 (zh) (shèjì)
Finnish: sommittelu (fi), sommitelma (fi), asetelma (fi)
Georgian: კომპოზიცია (ḳomṗozicia)
Hungarian: kialakítás (hu), kivitelezés (hu), kivitel (hu), kompozíció (hu), konstrukció (hu), formatervezés (hu)
Korean: 설계(設計) (ko) (seolgye)
Polish: kompozycja (pl) f
Russian: компози́ция (ru) f (kompozícija), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija)
Turkish: bileşim (tr), kompozisyon (tr)

intention

Afrikaans: bedoeling (af)
Bashkir: ниәт (niət)
Bulgarian: наме́рение (bg) n (namérenie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 打算 (zh) (dǎsuàn, dǎsuan), 意圖 / 意图 (zh) (yìtú)
Esperanto: projekto
Finnish: suunnitelma (fi), juoni (fi), aie (fi), aikomus (fi)
French: dessein (fr) m, intention (fr) f
Georgian: ჩანაფიქრი (čanapikri)
German: Absicht (de) f
Hungarian: szándék (hu), terv (hu), elgondolás (hu)
Italian: intenzione (it) f, piano (it) m, progettazione (it)
Japanese: 意図 (ja) (いと, ito)
Korean: 의도(意圖) (ko) (uido)
Occitan: dessenh (oc) m, intencion (oc) f
Polish: zamysł (pl) m inan, zamiar (pl) m inan
Portuguese: intenção (pt) f
Russian: план (ru) m (plan), наме́рение (ru) n (namérenije), за́мысел (ru) m (zámysel), (evil plot) у́мысел (ru) m (úmysel)
Scottish Gaelic: rùn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: интенција f, накана f

Roman: intencija (sh) f, nakana (sh) f
Spanish: intención (es) f, voluntad (es) f
Turkish: niyet (tr)
Ukrainian: за́дум (uk) m (zádum), за́мисел m (zámysel), за́мір m (zámir), на́мір (uk) m (námir), план (uk) m (plan)

appearance

Afrikaans: ontwerp (af)
Bulgarian: диза́йн (bg) m (dizájn)
Finnish: muotoilu (fi), design (fi), kuosi (fi)
German: Entwurf (de) m
Hungarian: kinézet (hu), kialakítás (hu), arculat (hu), formaterv, stílus (hu), dizájn (hu)
Italian: design (it)
Korean: 모습 (ko) (moseup)
Polish: wzór (pl) m inan, krój (pl) m inan (of a typeface), design (pl) m inan, dizajn (pl) m inan
Russian: диза́йн (ru) m (dizájn), вне́шний вид (ru) m (vnéšnij vid), экстерье́р (ru) m (ekstɛrʹjér)
Turkish: tasarım (tr)

art of designing

Afrikaans: ontwerp (af)
Albanian: dizajn m
Arabic: تَصْمِيم m (taṣmīm), ديزاين m (dīzāyn)
Armenian: դիզայն (hy) (dizayn)
Azerbaijani: dizayn
Belarusian: дыза́йн m (dyzájn)
Bulgarian: диза́йн (bg) m (dizájn)
Burmese: ဒီဇိုင်း (my) (dijuing:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 設計 / 设计 (zh) (shèjì)
Czech: design (cs) m
Danish: design c
Dutch: vormgeving (nl), ontwerp (nl) n, design (nl) n
Estonian: disain
Finnish: muotoilu (fi), design (fi), suunnittelu (fi), sommittelu (fi)
French: design (fr) m
Georgian: დიზაინი (ka) (dizaini)
German: Design (de) n, Entwurf (de) m
Greek: σχέδιο (el) n (schédio)
Hebrew: עיצוב m ('ytzuv)
Hindi: डिज़ाइन (ḍizāin)
Hungarian: formatervezés (hu), tervezőművészet, dizájn (hu)
Italian: design (it) m
Japanese: デザイン (ja) (dezain)
Kazakh: дизайн (dizain)
Korean: 디자인 (ko) (dijain)
Kyrgyz: дизайн (ky) (dizayn)
Latvian: dizains m
Lithuanian: dizainas m
Macedonian: дизајн m (dizajn)
Mongolian: дизайн (mn) (dizajn)
Persian: طراحی (fa) (tarrâhi), دیزاین (fa) (dizâyn)
Polish: wzornictwo n, design (pl) m
Portuguese: desenho (pt) m
Romanian: design (ro) n
Russian: диза́йн (ru) m (dizájn)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дизајн m

Roman: dizajn (sh)
Slovak: dizajn m
Slovene: dizajn m, oblikovanje n
Spanish: diseño (es) m
Swedish: design (sv) c, formgivning (sv) c, formgivning (sv) c
Tajik: дизайн (dizayn)
Thai: การออกแบบ (th) (gaan-ɔ̀ɔk-bɛ̀ɛp)
Turkish: dizayn (tr), tasarım (tr)
Turkmen: dizaýn
Ukrainian: диза́йн (uk) m (dyzájn)
Uzbek: dizayn (uz)
Vietnamese: thiết kế (vi)

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Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} dezajno
Irish: ^{(please verify)} dearadh m

Verb

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

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). [from 17th c.]
- 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.
(obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.
(obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate. [16th–19th c.]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, chapter I, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] 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.
(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  We shall see / Justice design the victor's chivalry.
- 1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii:
  Meet me to-morrow where the master / And this fraternity shall design.

Derived terms

Translations

to plan an artwork etc.

Armenian: նախագծել (hy) (naxagcel)
Bulgarian: замислям (bg) (zamisljam), проектирам (bg) (proektiram)
Catalan: dissenyar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 設計 / 设计 (zh) (shèjì)
Cornish: desinya
Dutch: ontwerpen (nl)
Estonian: kavandama
Finnish: suunnitella (fi), muotoilla (fi)
French: concevoir (fr)
Galician: deseñar (gl)
German: entwerfen (de), designen (de)
Greek: σχεδιάζω (el) (schediázo)
Hungarian: tervez (hu), megtervez (hu), kialakít (hu)
Icelandic: hanna
Interlingua: designar
Italian: progettare (it)
Lao: ອອກແບບ (lo) (ʼǭk bǣp)
Lü: ᦶᦑᧅᦖᦻ (taekṁaay), ᦎᧂᧉᦞᦱᧆ (ṫang²vaad)
Maltese: iddisinnja
Maori: hoahoa
Persian: طراحی کردن (tarrâhi kardan), طرازیدن (fa) (tarâzidan)
Polish: projektować (pl) impf
Portuguese: projetar (pt)
Quechua: chantay
Shan: ၸၼ်ႁၢင်ႈ (tsǎn hāang)
Sindhi: جنسارڻ (Jinsaaran)
Spanish: diseñar (es)
Swedish: designa (sv), utforma (sv)
Thai: ออกแบบ (th) (ɔ̀ɔk-bɛ̀ɛp)
Turkish: tasarlamak (tr)
Ukrainian: проєктува́ти impf (projektuváty)

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Arabic: ^{(please verify)} يصمم (yusámmem)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} navrhnout (cs)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} desegni (eo)

References

“design”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“design”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“design”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Edgins, deigns, dinges, gnides, nidges, sdeign, signed, singed

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɪzajn]

Noun

design m inan

design

Declension

Declension of design (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	design	designy
genitive	designu	designů
dative	designu	designům
accusative	design	designy
vocative	designe	designy
locative	designu	designech
instrumental	designem	designy

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

design n (plural designs)

design

Synonyms

ontwerp

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdisɑi̯n/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯n]
Rhymes: -isɑin
Hyphenation^(key): de‧sign

Noun

design

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
accusative	gen.	designin	designit
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
accusative	gen.	designini	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
accusative	gen.	designisi	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
accusative	gen.	designimme	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
accusative	gen.	designinne	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

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		designinsa	designinsa
accusative	nom.	designinsa	designinsa
accusative	gen.	designinsa	designinsa
genitive		designinsa	designiensa
partitive		designiaan designiansa	designejaan designejansa
inessive		designissaan designissansa	designeissaan designeissansa
elative		designistaan designistansa	designeistaan designeistansa
illative		designiinsa	designeihinsa
adessive		designillaan designillansa	designeillaan designeillansa
ablative		designiltaan designiltansa	designeiltaan designeiltansa
allative		designilleen designillensa	designeilleen designeillensa
essive		designinaan designinansa	designeinaan designeinansa
translative		designikseen designiksensa	designeikseen designeiksensa
abessive		designittaan designittansa	designeittaan designeittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	designeineen designeinensa

or

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
accusative	gen.	designin	designit
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
accusative	gen.	designini	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
accusative	gen.	designisi	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
accusative	gen.	designimme	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
accusative	gen.	designinne	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

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		designinsä	designinsä
accusative	nom.	designinsä	designinsä
accusative	gen.	designinsä	designinsä
genitive		designinsä	designiensä
partitive		designiään designiänsä	designejään designejänsä
inessive		designissään designissänsä	designeissään designeissänsä
elative		designistään designistänsä	designeistään designeistänsä
illative		designiinsä	designeihinsä
adessive		designillään designillänsä	designeillään designeillänsä
ablative		designiltään designiltänsä	designeiltään designeiltänsä
allative		designilleen designillensä	designeilleen designeillensä
essive		designinään designinänsä	designeinään designeinänsä
translative		designikseen designiksensä	designeikseen designeiksensä
abessive		designittään designittänsä	designeittään designeittänsä
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	designeineen designeinensä

Derived terms

compounds

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English design. Doublet of dessein.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.zajn/

Noun

design m (plural designs)

design

Hungarian

Alternative forms

dizájn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdizaːjn]
Hyphenation: de‧sign
Rhymes: -aːjn

Noun

design (countable and uncountable, plural designok)

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.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈzajn/^[1]
Rhymes: -ajn

Noun

design m (invariable)

design (industrial)

References

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

Anagrams

sdegni

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

design

imperative of designe

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

design

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

dizajn

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.zajn/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -izajn
Syllabification: de‧sign
Homophone: dizajn

Noun

design m inan

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

Declension

Declension of design

	singular	plural
nominative	design	designy
genitive	designu	designów
dative	designowi	designom
accusative	design	designy
instrumental	designem	designami
locative	designie	designach
vocative	designie	designy

Related terms

adjective

designerski

nouns

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni], /d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni]

Noun

design m (plural designs)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

Noun

design n (uncountable)

design

Declension

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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

design

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Borrowed from English design. First attested in 1948.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛˈsajn/

Noun

design c

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

Declension

Declension of design

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	design	designs
singular	definite	designen	designens
plural	indefinite	designer	designers
plural	definite	designerna	designernas

Related terms

References

Anagrams

gnides

[1] sign in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[1]

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Czech

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Finnish

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French

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Hungarian

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Italian

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Portuguese

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Romanian

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