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)

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^[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.

6. 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.

7. 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)

• architectural design
• contract-first design
• domain-driven design
• firmware design
• functional design
• hardware design
• responsive design
• software design

 

Derived terms

• argument from design
• backward design
• block design
• by design
• computational design
• computer-aided design
• cradle-to-cradle design
• defensive design
• design-based learning
• design by contract
• design code
• design depth
• designer
• design flaw
• design language
• design load
• design pattern
• design speed
• design system
• design thinking
• design to cost
• experimental design
• fashion design
• flat design
• graphic design
• industrial design
• industrial design right
• information design
• instructional design
• intelligent design
• interaction design
• interior design
• model-based design
• motion design
• open design
• secure by design
• security-by-design
• security by design
• seismic design
• service design package
• sound design
• systems design
• thermal design power
• type design
• universal design
• universal design for instruction
• visitor design pattern
• web design
• zero-order design

 

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)
• → Portuguese: design
• → Russian: диза́йн (dizájn)
  • → Kazakh: дизайн (dizain)
• → 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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)

• 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)
• 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: tasarım (tr), dizayn (tr)
• Turkmen: dizaýn
• Ukrainian: диза́йн (uk) m (dyzájn)
• Uzbek: dizayn (uz)
• Vietnamese: thiết kế (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• 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)

1. (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.

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. [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.

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.
   • 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

• a camel is a horse designed by a committee
• designable
• designed
• designedly
• designer
• foredesign
• outdesign
• overdesign
• predesign
• redesign
• undesignable
• undesigned
• undesignedly

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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

Further reading

• “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

1. 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

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈzɑi̯n/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: de‧sign

Noun

design n (plural designs)

1. design

Synonyms

• ontwerp

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdisɑi̯n/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯n]

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 third-person possessor singular plural nominative designinsa designinsa accusative nom. designinsa designinsa gen. 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
	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 third-person possessor singular plural nominative designinsä designinsä accusative nom. designinsä designinsä gen. 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

• design-huume
• designhuume
• design-päihde
• designtuote

 

Further reading

• “design”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English design. Doublet of dessein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.zajn/

Noun

design m (plural designs)

1. 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)

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 Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈzajn/
• Rhymes: -ajn

Noun

design m (invariable)

1. design (industrial)

Anagrams

• sdegni

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

design

1. imperative of designe

Polish

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

1. (design) design (plan of usable objects)

   Synonym: wzornictwo

2. (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

• designer
• designerka

 

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/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni], /d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni]

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

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) design	designul
genitive/dative	(unui) design	designului
vocative	designule

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛˈsajn/

Noun

design c

1. a design

Declension

Declension of design
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	design	designen	designer	designerna
Genitive	designs	designens	designers	designernas

Related terms

• designa
• designer
• designpris

Anagrams

• gnides