# blond
## 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: /blɒnd/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /blɑnd/
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒnd, (General American) -ɑnd

### Adjective

blond (comparative blonder or more blond, superlative blondest or most blond)
* 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.
* (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:Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.
* 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.

#### Synonyms

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

#### Translations

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### Noun

blond (plural blonds)
* A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
    blond:
* 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)
* (transitive) To color or dye blond.

### Derived terms

* 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

### See also

* brunet, brunette
* Appendix:Colors

## Central Franconian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (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)
* 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: [ˈblont]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blond (indeclinable)
* blond
    Synonyms: blonďatý, světlý, plavý, slámový, lněný

#### Derived terms

* blondýn
* blondýna
* blonďačka
* blonďatý
* blonďák

### 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: /blɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: blond
* Rhymes: -ɔnt

### Adjective

blond (comparative blonder, superlative blondst)
* 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.
* (informal, somewhat offensive) stupid
    Dat was een beetje blond van me. ― That was a bit stupid of me.

#### Derived terms

* asblond
* blonderen
* blondje
* donkerblond
* goudblond
* halfblond
* honingblond
* hoogblond
* korenblond
* lichtblond
* oranjeblond
* platinablond
* roodblond
* stroblond
* witblond

#### Related terms

* blondine

#### 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: /blɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blond (feminine blonde, masculine plural blonds, feminine plural blondes)
* blond (of a pale golden colour)
* blond (having blond hair)

#### Derived terms

* blond cendré
* blond platine
* blond vénitien
* tête blonde

### Noun

blond m (plural blonds, feminine blonde)
* 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: /blɔnt/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blond (strong nominative masculine singular blonder, comparative blonder, superlative am blondesten)
* 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.
* (of beer) bright; not brown or yeasty
* (colloquial, possibly offensive) stupid; naive
    Das war so blond von mir!That was so stupid of me!

#### 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)
* blond

#### Declension
## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French blond.

### Adjective

blond
* 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: /ˈblɔnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnt
* Syllabification: blond

### Adjective

blond (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)
* (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

* blondwłosy
* blondas
* blondasek

#### Related terms

* blondynowy
* blondyn
* blondyna
* blondyneczka
* blondynek
* blondynka

### 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: /blond/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From French blond.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

blond
* blond; of light hair colour
* blond; of light complexion
    Synonym: ljushyllt

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### 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: /ˈblɔnt/
* Rhymes: -ɔnt
* Hyphenation: blond
* Syllabification: blond

### Adjective

blond (not comparable)
* (colloquial) blond (which has a color intermediate between golden and light brown)
    Synonyms: jasny, swětły

### References

* “blond” in Soblex