biondo

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Istriot

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Etymology

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Compare Italian biondo.

Adjective

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biondo m

  1. blond
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Nun o’ pioün veîsto el pioûn biel capo biondo.
      I haven’t seen a more beautiful blonde head.

Italian

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Etymology

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Medieval Latin blondus, of Germanic origin: probably from Frankish *blund (a mixed color between golden and light-brown), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (mixed, blinding), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Compare French blond.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbjon.do/
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  • Rhymes: -ondo
  • Hyphenation: bión‧do

Adjective

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biondo (feminine bionda, masculine plural biondi, feminine plural bionde, superlative biondissimo)

  1. blond (man, man's hair), blonde (woman, woman's hair), fair-haired

Derived terms

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Noun

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biondo m (plural biondi, feminine bionda)

  1. blond, blond man, man with blond hair

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