# 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: /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, 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.
** (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

* architectural design
* backward design
* block design
* computational design
* computer-aided design
* contract-first design
* cradle-to-cradle design
* defensive design
* design by contract
* domain-driven design
* experimental design
* fashion design
* firmware design
* flat design
* functional design
* graphic design
* hardware design
* industrial design
* information design
* instructional design
* intelligent design
* interaction design
* interior design
* model-based design
* motion design
* open design
* product design
* responsive design
* seismic design
* software design
* sound design
* systems design
* type design
* universal design
* universal design for instruction
* web design
* zero-order design

#### Derived terms

* antidesign
* argument from design
* biodesign
* by design
* designathon
* design-based learning
* design code
* design depth
* designer
* design fiction
* design flaw
* designful
* design language
* designless
* design load
* designment
* designoid
* design pattern
* design speed
* design system
* design thinking
* design to cost
* designwise
* ecodesign
* industrial design right
* misdesign
* nanodesign
* nondesign
* secure by design
* security-by-design
* security by design
* service design package
* subdesign
* thermal design power
* undesign
* visitor design pattern

#### 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

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### 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

* a camel is a horse designed by a committee
* codesign
* designability
* designable
* designed
* designedly
* designer
* foredesign
* misdesign
* outdesign
* overdesign
* predesign
* redesign
* undesign
* undesignable
* undesigned
* undesignedly

#### Translations

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### References

* “design”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “design”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “design”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Further reading

* design on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪzajn]

### Noun

design m inan
* design

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “design”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “design”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

design n (plural designs)
* design
    Synonyms: ontwerp, vormgeving

#### Derived terms

* designkleding
* designmeubel
* designstoel

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English design.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdisɑi̯n/, [ˈdis̠ɑ̝i̯n]
* Rhymes: -isɑin
* Hyphenation: de‧sign

### Noun

design
* design
    Synonym: suunnittelu

#### Declension

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
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

* design-huume
* designhuume
* design-päihde
* designtuote

### Further reading

* “design”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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: /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: [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

#### Derived terms

See at dizájn.

### Further reading

* dizájn in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English design.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈzajn/
* 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
### Alternative forms

* dizajn

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

#### Related terms

* designerski
* 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: /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni], /d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni]
* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈzaj.ni/ [deˈzaɪ̯.ni], /d͡ʒiˈzaj.ni/ [d͡ʒiˈzaɪ̯.ni]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /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
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English design. First attested in 1948.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈsajn/

### Noun

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

#### Related terms

* designa
* designer
* designpris

### References

* design in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* design in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* gnides