blond

blond

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English

Alternative forms

  • blonde (feminine)

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒnd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /blɑnd/
  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒnd, (General American) -ɑnd

Adjective

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

  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
  2. (of a person) Having blond hair.
  3. Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)

Synonyms

  • platinum, flaxen, fair-haired, golden-haired, auricomous (dated)

Translations

Noun

blond (countable and uncountable, plural blonds)

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

Synonyms

  • Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired), fairheaded, flaxen, tow-haired, yellow-haired, and towhead(ed).

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To color or dye blond.

Derived terms

See also

  • brunet, brunette
  • Appendix:Colors

Central Franconian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔnt/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

  • blönd
  • blend (many dialects)
  • blenk (Ripuarian; now chiefly western dialects)

Adjective

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

  1. (Eifel) blind; unable to see

Etymology 2

From French blond, probably via German.

Adjective

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

  1. blond; fair

Czech

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblont]

Adjective

blond (indeclinable)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “blond”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “blond”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “blond”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔnt/
  • Hyphenation: blond
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Adjective

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.

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: blònt

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /blɔ̃/

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

Noun

blond m (plural blonds, feminine blonde)

  1. blond (all senses)

Descendants

  • → Polish: blond
  • → Spanish: blondo

Further reading

  • “blond”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔnt/

Adjective

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)
  2. (of beer) bright; not brown or yeasty
  3. (colloquial, possibly offensive) stupid; naive

Declension

Synonyms

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

Related terms

  • blondieren
  • Blondine

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French blond.

Adjective

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

  1. blond

Declension

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Borrowed from French blond.

Adjective

blond

  1. blond

Polish

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt
  • Syllabification: blond

Adjective

blond (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

  1. (of hair) blond
    blond kolor ― a blond color
    blond odcień ― a blond shade
    blond modelka ― a blond model
    blond piękność ― a blond beauty/belle
    blond czupryna ― a blond mop of hair
    blond peruka ― a blond wig
    blond loki ― blond curls
    blond warkocze ― blond pigtails
    blond wąsy ― a blond moustache
    blond włosy ― blond hair
    farbowany/przefarbowany/ufarbowany na blond ― dyed blond
    zrobiony na blond ― made blond
    ciemny blond ― dark blond
    jasny blond ― light blond
    platynowy blond ― platinum blond
    popielaty blond ― ashy blond
    naturalny blond ― natural blond
    tleniony blond ― bleach blond

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French blond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blond/

Adjective

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

  1. blond
    Synonym: bălai

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French blond.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blond

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • blondera

References

  • blond in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • blond in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • blond in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from German blond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt
  • Hyphenation: blond
  • Syllabification: blond

Adjective

blond (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) blond (which has a color intermediate between golden and light brown)
    Synonyms: jasny, swětły

References

  • “blond” in Soblex

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