BLOND
What does "BLOND" mean?
Having pale yellowish or golden hair or coloring.
Meanings
- Of hair, pale golden or yellowish; of a person, having such hair. Her blond hair caught the late afternoon sun.
- Of wood, beer, or other materials, having a light or pale tan color. The cafe was fitted out in blond oak.
- A person with blond hair, traditionally spelled 'blonde' for a woman. He was the only blond in a family of brunettes.
Did you know?
- Natural blond hair occurs in only about 2 percent of the world's adults - and on the Pacific islands of Melanesia it evolved from a completely different gene than the one behind European blondes.
Word origin
From Old French 'blond' meaning fair-haired, possibly of Germanic origin; English kept the French gendered pair, with 'blonde' for females and 'blond' for males or neutral use.
Remember it
BLOND has no 'e' for the masculine form; add the silent E and you get BLONDE, the traditional feminine spelling.
A little poem
Pale wheat in the light -
a rare gold the sun borrows
and forgets to keep.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked for a blond beer and a blonde haircut, and the bartender said the spelling tells him which one to pour.
Quick facts
What does BLOND mean?
Having pale yellowish or golden hair or coloring.
Is BLOND a valid word?
Yes — BLOND is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BLOND?
BLOND has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BLOND come from?
From Old French 'blond' meaning fair-haired, possibly of Germanic origin; English kept the French gendered pair, with 'blonde' for females and 'blond' for males or neutral use.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.