blondとは

語源

Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden かつ light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare 古期英語 blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), 古期英語 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”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /blɒnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɑnd/
• 韻: -ɒnd

名詞

blond (複数形 blonds)

1. A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.

   blond colour:  

2. A person with this hair color.

使用する際の注意点

• This word can vary according to gender, with “blond” being used of males and “blonde” of women and girls, following French usage. However, some writers, especially in the United States, treat the spellings as interchangeable and use both gender-neutrally. Compare, for example, the 2000 non-fiction book Angry Blonde and the 2001 film Legally Blonde, the titles of which refer to male and female blonds respectively.
• Traditional terms for light hair are fair(-haired), fairheaded, flaxen, tow-haired, yellow-haired, and towhead(ed).

形容詞

A girl with light blonde hair

blond (comparative blonder または more blond, superlative blondest または most blond)

1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

   blond hair

   blonde ale; blonde beer

   • 1914, in the American Anthropologist:

     She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes.

   • 2011 Feb, “Beauty Confessions”, in Redbook, volume 216, number 2, page 60:

     If you're going one or two shades lighter, don't even touch your brows. But if you're making a big change, soften them by tinting them with home haircolor: a lighter shade of brown for blonder shades, a golden shade if you're dyeing your hair red.

2. (of a person) Having blond hair.
   • 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 2,

     He seemed—somehow—younger than I had ever been, and blonder and more beautiful, and he wore his masculinity as unequivocally as he wore his skin.

   • 2012 Jan, “The Best Blonde Hair Color in Hollywood”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game.

3. Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)
   • 2010, Mariah Stewart, Moon Dance, Simon and Schuster →ISBN

     “She was so blond, that where it said 'sign here,' she wrote Gemini.” He had given her only the weakest of smiles.

   • 2002, Michael Jay, The Altherian Code, iUniverse →ISBN, page 118

     Katelyn's laugh was nearly uncontrollable. “You are so blond sometimes,” she said with a long laughing sigh, but then calmed herself down.

派生語

参考

• brunet, brunette
• Appendix:Colors

動詞

blond (三人称単数 現在形 blonds, 現在分詞 blonding, 過去形および過去分詞形 blonded)

1. To color or dye blond