blond

CEFRA2

/blɒnd/

adjective · noun

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Having light yellow hair.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having blond hair.

Examples

  • His hair is blond and he looks young.

  • The boy has a shock of blond hair.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person with this hair color.

  2. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

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In context

  • She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.

  • 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.

  • Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.

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Origin

adjective

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”).