blond

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, from Frankish *blund (a mixed color between golden and light-brown), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (mixed, blinding), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (to become turbid, see badly, go blind). Compare Old English blondenfeax (grey-haired), Old English blandan (to mix). More at blend.

Alternate etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (blond), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (blond, red-haired). Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, ruddy, pale red, yellowish).

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Noun [edit]

blond (plural blonds)

  1. A person of fair hair.
  2. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially as a hair color.
    blond colour:    

Usage notes [edit]

  • In English, this is one of a few words which can show gender, with "blond" being used of males and "blonde" of females, following French usage.
  • Some writers, especially in the US treat the spellings as interchangeable or use blond gender-neutrally.
  • Traditional terms for light hair in English are "fair(-haired)", "flaxen", and "tow headed".

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Adjective [edit]

blond (comparative blonder or more blond, superlative blondest or most blond)

  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
    blond hair
    blonde ale; blonde beer
    • 1914, in the American Anthropologist:
      She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.
    • 2011 Feb, “Beauty Confessions”, Redbook, volume 216, number 2, page 60: 
      If you're going one or two shades lighter, don't even touch your brows. But if you're making a big change, soften them by tinting them with home haircolor: a lighter shade of brown for blonder shades, a golden shade if you're dyeing your hair red.
  2. (of a person) Having blond hair.
    • 2012 Jan, “The Best Blonde Hair Color in Hollywood”[1], Cosmopolitan: 
      Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.

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Dutch [edit]

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blond (comparative blonder, superlative blondst)

  1. of light colour (usually said about light hair colour, but it can also refer to beer)

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French [edit]

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blond m (feminine blonde, masculine plural blonds, feminine plural blondes)

  1. pale golden-brown in colour, usually said of hair
  2. (informal) naïve

Noun [edit]

blond m (plural blonds; feminine blonde, plural blondes)

  1. the colour blond; a golden-brown
  2. someone with blond hair

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /blɔnt/

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blond (comparative blonder, superlative am blondesten)

  1. fair, blond

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Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French blond.

Adjective [edit]

blond

  1. blond

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Swedish [edit]

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blond

  1. blond; of light hair colour
  2. blond; of light complexion

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