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- [blond]
- /blɒnd/
- /blɒnd/
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- [blond]
- /blɒnd/
Definitions of blond word
- adjective blond (of men's hair) of a light colour; fair 3
- adjective blond (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes 3
- adjective blond (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour 3
- noun blond a person, esp a man, having light-coloured hair and skin 3
- adjective blond very light in color 3
- adjective blond having light-colored hair, often with fair skin and blue or gray eyes 3
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Origin of blond
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; < Middle French blonde blond, light brown, feminine of blond < Germanic; akin to Old English blondenfeax grayhaired, Latin flāvus yellow (see flavo-)
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Parts of speech for Blond
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blond popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
blond usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blond
adj blond
- golden — bright, metallic, or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow: golden hair.
- blonde — A woman who has blonde hair has pale-coloured hair. Blonde hair can be very light brown or light yellow. The form blond is used when describing men.
- gold — Herbert, born 1924, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- fair — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
Antonyms for blond
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