blond

Meaning

Adj

1. blond (of a pale golden colour)
2. blond (having blond hair)

Noun

blond (all senses)

Concepts

blond

blonde

fair

fair-haired

light

white-haired

fairheaded

blue-eyed

pale

yellow

fair-headed

light-haired

Synonyms

blonde

blondasse

clair

Pronounced as (IPA)

/blɔ̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: biondo

Cognate with Occitan: blon

In summary

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.