blond
英 [blɒnd]
美 [blɑnd]
- jj.ブロンド
- n. 色白で青い目の金髪の人
- n.(ブロンド)人の名前；(英, S.)ブロンド；(仏.)ブロンド；(伊.)ブロンド
英語の語源
- blond (adj.)
- late 15c., from Old French blont "fair, blond" (12c.), from Medieval Latin blundus "yellow," perhaps from Frankish *blund. If it is a Germanic word, it is possibly related to Old English blonden-feax "gray-haired," from blondan, blandan "to mix" (see blend (v.)). According to Littré, the original sense of the French word was "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut," which might account for the notion of "mixed."
Old English beblonden meant "dyed," so it is also possible that the root meaning of blonde, if it is Germanic, may be "dyed," as ancient Teutonic warriors were noted for dying their hair. Du Cange, however, writes that blundus was a vulgar pronunciation of Latin flavus "yellow." Another guess (discounted by German etymologists), is that it represents a Vulgar Latin *albundus, from alba "white."
The word was reintroduced into English 17c. from French, and was until recently still felt as French, hence blonde (with French feminine ending) for females. Italian biondo, Spanish blondo, Old Proven?al blon all are of Germanic origin.
Fair hair was much esteemed by both the Greeks and Romans, and so they not only dyed and gold-dusted theirs ..., but also went so far as to gild the hair of their statues, as notably those of Venus de Medici and Apollo. In the time of Ovid (A.U.C. 711) much fair hair was imported from Germany, by the Romans, as it was considered quite the fashionable color. Those Roman ladies who did not choose to wear wigs of this hue, were accustomed to powder theirs freely with gold dust, so as to give it the fashionable yellow tint. [C. Henry Leonard, "The Hair," 1879]
- blond (n.)
- c. 1755 of a type of lace, 1822 of persons; from blond (adj.).
例文
- 1. She 's had her blond hair done up exactly like Jackie 's.
- 彼女は彼女の金髪をジェヒとそっくりに皿にした。
- 2.His thick blond hair had just been styled before his trip.
- 彼は旅行前に濃密な金髪をカットしたばかりだ。
- 3. Blond strands of hair whipped in the wind.
- 細い金髪が風の中で翻っている。
- 4.He was a handsome blond Nordic type.
- 北欧人のようなタイプで、ハンサムでスマートで、金髪で青い目をしています。
- 5.His blond hair was windblown.
- 彼の金髪は風に吹かれてぼさぼさになっている。
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