blond

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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

Verb

To color or dye blond.

Synonyms

blonde

fair

light-haired

fair-haired

light

light in color

auburn

maroon

pale

platinum

whitish

xanthous

dark brown

etiolated

light brown

light colour

light-brown

tow-haired

with light brown hair

pale-colored

blondie

fairheaded

etiolate

flaxen

flaxy

gold

golden

light-skinned

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɒnd/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: blondenfeax

Cognate with Old English: blandan

Cognate with Frankish: *blund

Cognate with Sanskrit: ब्रध्न

In summary

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”).