Meanings
blond1
comparative blonder · comparative more blond · superlative blondest · superlative most blond · alternative especially blonde
- Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
blond ale
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blond hair
blond beer
She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.
1914, “American Anthropologist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)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.
2011 Feb, “Beauty Confessions”, in Redbook, volume 216, number 2, page 60- Particularly of a person, having blond hair.
Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.
2012 Jan, “The Best Blonde Hair Color in Hollywood”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 23 Sep 20121 more example
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.
1956, James Baldwin, chapter 2, in Giovanni's Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part 2Synonyms: fair-haired, flaxen, golden-haired, platinum, auricomous
- alternativeAlternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”).
“She was so blond, that where it said 'sign here,' she wrote Gemini.” He had given her only the weakest of smiles.
2010, Mariah Stewart, Moon Dance, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN1 more example
Katelyn's laugh was nearly uncontrollable. “You are so blond sometimes,” she said with a long laughing sigh, but then calmed herself down.
2002, Michael Jay, The Altherian Code, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 118
plural blonds · alternative especially blonde
- countableA beer of a pale golden color.
present singular third person blonds · participle present blonding · participle past blonded · past blonded · alternative especially blonde
- transitiveTo color or dye blond.
Blond2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveParticularly of a person, having blond hair.
nounA person with this hair color.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
nouna light grayish yellow to near white
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰl̥ndʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*blundaz“blond”
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlendʰ-“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”
- Proto-Germanic*blundaz“mixed, blinding”
- Frankish*blund“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”
- Old Frenchblond
- Middle Frenchblond m
- Englishblond
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”). See more at blend. An 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”).
More words from Middle French, Old French, Frankish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans blond, blond
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- blonda pale yellowish color
- blondfair-haired person
- blondinefair-haired person
- ligtekopfair-haired person
- witkoppiefair-haired person
Ancient Greek ξανθός
- ξανθός (xanthós)having blond hair
Arabic أَشْقَر, شَقْرَاء
- أَشْقَر (ʔašqar)having blond hair
- شَقْرَاء (šaqrāʔ)having blond hair
- شُقْر (šuqr)having blond hair
- أَشْقَر (ʔašqar)of a pale golden colour
- شَقْرَاء (šaqrāʔ)of a pale golden colour
- أَشْقَر (ʔašqar)fair-haired person
- شَقْرَاءْ (šaqrāʔ)fair-haired person
Basque horail, ilehori
- horailof a pale golden colour
- ilehoriof a pale golden colour
Bulgarian рус, светъл
- рус (rus)having blond hair
- светъл (svetăl)having blond hair
- рус (rus)of a pale golden colour
- светъл (svetăl)of a pale golden colour
- руса коса (rusa kosa)a pale yellowish color
- блонди́н (blondín)fair-haired person
- блонди́нка (blondínka)fair-haired person
Catalan ros, ros
- roshaving blond hair
- rosof a pale golden colour
- rosfair-haired person
Chinese Cantonese 金毛
- 金毛fair-haired person
Chinese Mandarin 金髮的 /金发的, 金髮 /金发
- 金髮的 /金发的 (jīnfà de)of a pale golden colour
- 金髮 /金发 (jīnfà)fair-haired person
Cypriot Greek ξαθθός
- ξαθθός (xaththós)of a pale golden colour
Czech blonďatý, světlý
- blonďatýof a pale golden colour
- světlýof a pale golden colour
- blondýnafair-haired person
- blonďákfair-haired person
Danish blond, lyshåret
- blondhaving blond hair
- lyshåretfair-haired person
- blondfair-haired person
- blondinefair-haired person
Dutch blond, blond
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- blonda pale yellowish color
- blondfair-haired person
- blondinefair-haired person
Esperanto blonda, blonda
- blondahaving blond hair
- blondaof a pale golden colour
- blondulofair-haired person
- virblondulofair-haired person
- blondulinofair-haired person
Finnish vaalea, vaaleahiuksinen
- vaaleahaving blond hair
- vaaleahiuksinenhaving blond hair
- vaaleatukkainenhaving blond hair
- blondihaving blond hair
- vaaleaof a pale golden colour
- vaaleaverikköfair-haired person
- blondifair-haired person
French blond, blond
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- blonda pale yellowish color
- blondfair-haired person
- blondefair-haired person
German blond, blondhaarig
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondhaarighaving blond hair
- flachshaarighaving blond hair
- hellhäutighaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- hellof a pale golden colour
- Blonda pale yellowish color
- Blonderfair-haired person
- Blondinfair-haired person
- Blondefair-haired person
- Blondinefair-haired person
- Blondhaarigerfair-haired person
- Blondhaarigefair-haired person
- Flachshaarigerfair-haired person
- Flachshaarigefair-haired person
- Blondkopffair-haired person
- Blondschopffair-haired person
Greek ξανθομάλλης, ξανθός
- ξανθομάλλης (xanthomállis)having blond hair
- ξανθός (xanthós)of a pale golden colour
Hebrew בְּלוֹנְדִּינִי, בְּלוֹנְדִּינִית
- בְּלוֹנְדִּינִי (blondíni)fair-haired person
- בְּלוֹנְדִּינִית (blondínit)fair-haired person
Hindi सुनहरा, सुनहरे बालोंवाला
- सुनहरा (sunahrā)of a pale golden colour
- सुनहरे बालोंवाला (sunahre bālõvālā)fair-haired person
Hungarian szőke, szőke
- szőkehaving blond hair
- szőkea pale yellowish color
- szőkefair-haired person
Icelandic ljóshærður, ljóst
- ljóshærðurhaving blond hair
- ljósthaving blond hair
- ljóshærðurfair-haired person
- ljóshærðfair-haired person
Indonesian pirang, pirang
- piranghaving blond hair
- pirangof a pale golden colour
- piranga pale yellowish color
- pirangfair-haired person
Irish fionn, barrbhuí
- fionnhaving blond hair
- barrbhuíhaving blond hair
- foltbhuíhaving blond hair
- buíbhánhaving blond hair
- barrfhionnhaving blond hair
- cúileannhaving blond hair
- cúlbhánhaving blond hair
- foltfhionnhaving blond hair
- bánfholtachhaving blond hair
- fionnghealhaving blond hair
- moingfhionnhaving blond hair
- bánhaving blond hair
- bánachfair-haired person
- céibheannfair-haired person
- fionnfair-haired person
Italian biondo, biondo
- biondohaving blond hair
- biondofair-haired person
- biondafair-haired person
Japanese 金髪の, 金髪の
- 金髪の (kinpatsu no)having blond hair
- 金髪の (kinpatsu no)of a pale golden colour
- 金髪 (kinpatsu)a pale yellowish color
- 金髪 (kinpatsu)fair-haired person
Korean 금발(金髮)의, 금발(金髮)의
- 금발(金髮)의 (geumbar-ui)having blond hair
- 금발(金髮)의 (geumbar-ui)of a pale golden colour
- 금발 (geumbal)a pale yellowish color
- 금발(金髮)인 사람 (geumbar-in saram)fair-haired person
- 금발 (geumbal)fair-haired person
Latin flāvus, flāvus
- flāvushaving blond hair
- flāvusof a pale golden colour
- flāvusfair-haired person
- flāvicomusfair-haired person
- fulvusfair-haired person
- flavafair-haired person
Latvian gaišmatains, blonds
- gaišmatainshaving blond hair
- blondshaving blond hair
- blondsof a pale golden colour
- gaišmatisfair-haired person
- gaišmatefair-haired person
- blondīnsfair-haired person
- blondīnefair-haired person
Malay kuning buluh, perang
- kuning buluha pale yellowish color
- perangfair-haired person
Māori kakaho, kōrito
- kakahohaving blond hair
- kōritohaving blond hair
- kōrakorakohaving blond hair
- kōritoof a pale golden colour
- urukehuof a pale golden colour
- mākekehuof a pale golden colour
Norwegian blond, lys (håret)
- blondhaving blond hair
- lys (håret)fair-haired person
- blondfair-haired person
- blondinefair-haired person
Persian بور, بور
- بور (bur)having blond hair
- بورa pale yellowish color
- بلوند (blond)fair-haired person
Polish blond, blond
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- blonda pale yellowish color
- blondynfair-haired person
- blondynkafair-haired person
- blondasfair-haired person
Portuguese loiro, louro
- loirohaving blond hair
- lourohaving blond hair
- loiroof a pale golden colour
- louroof a pale golden colour
- loiroa pale yellowish color
- loirofair-haired person
- lourofair-haired person
- loirafair-haired person
- lourafair-haired person
Punjabi ਕੱਕਾ
- ਕੱਕਾ (kakkā)fair-haired person
Romanian blondă
- blondăfair-haired person
Russian бе́лый, светловоло́сый
- бе́лый (bélyj)having blond hair
- светловоло́сый (svetlovolósyj)having blond hair
- све́тлый (svétlyj)of a pale golden colour
- ру́сый (rúsyj)of a pale golden colour
- блонди́н (blondín)fair-haired person
- блонди́нка (blondínka)fair-haired person
Scottish Gaelic bàn, fionn
- bànhaving blond hair
- fionnhaving blond hair
- bànof a pale golden colour
- fionnof a pale golden colour
Spanish rubio, macho
- rubiohaving blond hair
- machohaving blond hair
- blondohaving blond hair
- royohaving blond hair
- rubioof a pale golden colour
- machoof a pale golden colour
- blondoof a pale golden colour
- royoof a pale golden colour
- rubiofair-haired person
- canchefair-haired person
- catirefair-haired person
- chelefair-haired person
- chocofair-haired person
- fulofair-haired person
- gringofair-haired person
- güerofair-haired person
- machofair-haired person
- monofair-haired person
- ruciofair-haired person
- sucofair-haired person
Swedish ljus, ljushyad
- ljushaving blond hair
- ljushyadhaving blond hair
- blondhaving blond hair
- blondof a pale golden colour
- blondinfair-haired person
Tagalog rubyo, buhuk-mais
- rubyohaving blond hair
- buhuk-maisof a pale golden colour
- rubyofair-haired person
- rubyafair-haired person
Turkish sarışın, altın sarısı
- sarışınhaving blond hair
- altın sarısıof a pale golden colour
- sarımtıraka pale yellowish color
Ukrainian біля́вий, руся́вий
- біля́вий (biljávyj)having blond hair
- руся́вий (rusjávyj)of a pale golden colour
- блондин (blondyn)fair-haired person
- блондинка (blondynka)fair-haired person
Urdu سنہرے بالونوالا
- سنہرے بالونوالا (sunahre bālonvālā)fair-haired person
Vietnamese tóc vàng hoe
- tóc vàng hoefair-haired person
Welsh penfelyn, golau
- penfelynhaving blond hair
- golauof a pale golden colour
- melynof a pale golden colour
- penfelynfair-haired person
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blond
Cite this entry
blond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blond
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