English Explanatory Dictionary

blond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
  2. Having blond hair.
  3. Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”).
noun
  1. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
  2. A person with this hair color.
  3. A beer of a pale golden color.
verb
  1. To color or dye blond.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/blɒnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blond.wav /blɑnd/

Word forms

blond blonder more blond blondest most blond blonde blonds blonding blonded

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

platinum fair-haired golden-haired auricomous flaxen Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired) fairheaded tow-haired yellow-haired and towhead(ed) blondette

Related words

brunet brunette

Derived words

ash blond atomic blond bleached blond blond bombshell blonde blondie blondish blondism blond lace blondly blond metal blond moment blondness blorange bottle-blond bottle blond dirty blond dishwater blond dolichoblond dumb blond golden blond honey blond peroxide blond platinum blond sandy blond strawberry blond titanium blond ultrablond Venetian blond white blond
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