blond

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, blund, (> Medieval Latin blondus), 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.

Alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (blond), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (blond, red-haired). If so, then it would be cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, ruddy, pale red, yellowish).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

A girl with light blonde hair
A boy with blond hair

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

  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
    blond hair
    blond ale
    blond beer
    • 1914, “American Anthropologist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.
    • 2011 Feb, “Beauty Confessions”, in 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.
    • 1956, James Baldwin, chapter 2, in Giovanni's Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part 2:
      He seemed—somehow—younger than I had ever been, and blonder and more beautiful, and he wore his masculinity as unequivocally as he wore his skin.
    • 2012 Jan, “The Best Blonde Hair Color in Hollywood”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
      Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.
  3. Alternative spelling of blonde (stupid)
    • 2010, Mariah Stewart, Moon Dance, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:
      “She was so blond, that where it said 'sign here,' she wrote Gemini.” He had given her only the weakest of smiles.
    • 2002, Michael Jay, The Altherian Code, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 118:
      Katelyn's laugh was nearly uncontrollable. “You are so blond sometimes,” she said with a long laughing sigh, but then calmed herself down.

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Noun[edit]

blond (plural blonds)

  1. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
    blond:  
  2. A person with this hair color.

Usage notes[edit]

  • This word can vary according to gender, with “blond” being used of men and boys, and “blonde” of women and girls, following French usage. However, in modern writing, both spellings are in many cases used without taking gender into account. Compare, for example, the 2000 non-fiction book Angry Blonde and the 2001 film Legally Blonde, the titles of which refer to male and female blonds respectively.
  • Normally, only used to describe hair, wood and beer.
  • Referring to someone as “a blond” with no proceeding noun can sometimes be viewed as offensive or reductive. The adjective form carries no such risk, unless it is clearly being used with the implication of being stupid.

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Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

blond (third-person singular simple present blonds, present participle blonding, simple past and past participle blonded)

  1. (transitive) To color or dye blond.

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Central Franconian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German blint, from Old High German blind, northern variant of blint.

Alternative forms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blond (masculine blonne, feminine and plural blonn, comparative blonner, superlative et blondste)

  1. (Eifel) blind; unable to see

Etymology 2[edit]

From French blond, probably via German.

Adjective[edit]

blond (masculine blonde, feminine and plural blond or blonde, comparative blonder, superlative et blondste)

  1. blond; fair

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond, from 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 bílý, bledý, blýskat, blinkr.

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Adjective[edit]

blond (indeclinable)

  1. blond
    Synonyms: blonďatý, světlý, plavý, slámový, lněný

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Further reading[edit]

  • blond in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • blond in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • blond in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch blont, from Old French blond, Medieval Latin blondus, from Germanic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blond (comparative blonder, superlative blondst)

  1. blond, fair; of light color (usually said about light hair color, but it can also refer to beer)
    Hij heeft mooi blond haar.He has beautiful blond hair.
    Mijn moeder drinkt graag sterke blonde trappistenbieren.My mother likes to drink strong blonde trappist beers.
  2. (informal, somewhat offensive) stupid
    Dat was een beetje blond van me.That was a bit stupid of me.

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of blond
uninflected blond
inflected blonde
comparative blonder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial blond blonder het blondst
het blondste
indefinite m./f. sing. blonde blondere blondste
n. sing. blond blonder blondste
plural blonde blondere blondste
definite blonde blondere blondste
partitive blonds blonders

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Descendants[edit]

  • Papiamentu: blònt

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from 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 Italian biondo, Occitan blon.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. blond (of a pale golden colour)
  2. blond (having blond hair)

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Noun[edit]

blond m (plural blonds, feminine blonde)

  1. blond (all senses)

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Further reading[edit]

German[edit]

1. blonde Haare

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond, from Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. The earlier borrowing Middle High German blunt was rare and had no continuation in early modern German.

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Adjective[edit]

blond (strong nominative masculine singular blonder, comparative blonder, superlative am blondesten)

  1. blond; fair; unlike English, not commonly used of anything other than hair (except beer, see hereunder)
    Blonde Haare sind vor allem bei den Völkern germanischer und slawischer Abstammung verbreitet.
    Blond hair is primarily common among the peoples of Germanic and Slavic descent.
  2. (of beer) bright; not brown or yeasty
  3. (colloquial, possibly offensive) stupid; naive
    Das war so blond von mir!
    That was so stupid of me!

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

  • (fair): fahl; gelb (both dated in this sense)
  • (of beer): hell

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • blond” in Duden online
  • blond” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond.

Adjective[edit]

blond (masculine blonden, neuter blond, comparative méi blond, superlative am blondsten)

  1. blond

Declension[edit]

Plautdietsch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond.

Adjective[edit]

blond

  1. blond

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond, from Middle French blond, from Old French blond, blont, blund, from Medieval Latin blondus, from Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-.

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Adjective[edit]

blond (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (of hair) blond
    blond kolora blond color
    blond odcieńa blond shade
    blond modelkaa blond model
    blond pięknośća blond beauty/belle
    blond czuprynaa blond mop of hair
    blond perukaa blond wig
    blond lokiblond curls
    blond warkoczeblond pigtails
    blond wąsya blond moustache
    blond włosyblond hair
    farbowany/przefarbowany/ufarbowany na blonddyed blond
    zrobiony na blondmade blond
    ciemny blonddark blond
    jasny blondlight blond
    platynowy blondplatinum blond
    popielaty blondashy blond
    naturalny blondnatural blond
    tleniony blondbleach blond

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Related terms[edit]

adjective
nouns

Further reading[edit]

  • blond in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • blond in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French blond.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blond m or n (feminine singular blondă, masculine plural blonzi, feminine and neuter plural blonde)

  1. blond
    Synonym: bălai

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French blond.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blond

  1. blond; of light hair colour
  2. blond; of light complexion
    Synonym: ljushyllt

Declension[edit]

Inflection of blond
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular blond blondare blondast
Neuter singular blont blondare blondast
Plural blonda blondare blondast
Masculine plural3 blonde blondare blondast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 blonde blondare blondaste
All blonda blondare blondaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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