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blond

Pronunciation: /blɒnd/

The English word “blond” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
  2. Particularly of a person, having blond hair.

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.

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”). See more at…

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