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), p. 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 519072825, 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.
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:
  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)

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 by contract
design code
design depth
designer
design flaw
design load
design pattern
design speed
design thinking
design to cost
experimental design
fashion design
flat design
graphic design
industrial design
industrial design right
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
systems design
thermal design power
type design
universal design
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

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 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

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

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)
Korean: 설계(設計) (ko) (seolgye)
Hungarian: kialakítás, kivitelezés (hu), kivitel (hu), kompozíció, konstrukció (hu), formatervezés (hu)
Polish: kompozycja (pl) f
Russian: компози́ция (ru) f (kompozícija), констру́кция (ru) f (konstrúkcija)
Turkish: bileşim (tr), kompozisyon (tr)

intention

Bashkir: ниәт (niät)
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 m (zádum), за́мисел m (zámysel), за́мір m (zámir), на́мір (uk) m (námir), план m (plan)

appearance

Bulgarian: диза́йн (bg) m (dizájn)
Finnish: muotoilu (fi), design (fi), kuosi (fi)
German: Entwurf (de) m
Hungarian: kinézet (hu), kialakítás, 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

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 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:
  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 1008551266, 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 606515358, [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 3083972, 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 (tarrāhi kardan), طرازیدن‎ (fa) (tarāzidan)
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)

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

Anagrams

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

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɪzajn]

Noun

design m

design

Declension

Declension of design

	singular	plural
nominative	design	designy
genitive	designu	designů
dative	designu	designům
accusative	design	designy
vocative	designe	designy
locative	designu, designě	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/, [ˈdis̠ɑi̯n]

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
instructive		—	designein
abessive		designitta	designeitta
comitative		—	designeineen

Possessive forms of design (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	designini	designimme
2nd person	designisi	designinne
3rd person	designinsa

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 (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

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

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)
Synonym: wzornictwo
(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

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

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

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

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

design

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

Derived terms

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Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

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