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blonde
[ blond ]
adjective
- (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
noun
- a woman or girl having this coloration.
blonde
/ ²ú±ôÉ’²Ô»å /
adjective
- (of women's hair) of a light colour; fair
- (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes
- (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour
noun
- a person, esp a woman, having light-coloured hair and skin
- Also calledblonde lace a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk
Spelling Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú±ô´Ç²Ô»å±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ²ú±ô´Ç²Ô»å±ðn±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blonde1
Example Sentences
Versace is also an embodiment of the fashion house she has built - always seen in brightly coloured prints that are synonymous with the brand and platinum blonde hair that means she always stands out.
A second Russian intelligence team circled, including a chain-smoking blonde woman referred to only as "Red Sparrow".
"We look strangely alike. She is blonde, her hair is bobbed, we were born the same year... I wanted to meet her lawyer and hear all the details," she told Elle France.
In it she appeared in blonde wig and big white fur coat before disappearing briefly somewhere in a crowd of dancers and re-emerging as an angel suspended above the stage.
Anderson has always been seen to embody a look that rose to prominence in the 90s - skinny, blonde, and enhanced by plastic surgery.
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Blonde Vs. Blond
What’s the difference between blonde and blond?
Blonde and blond are both adjectives most commonly used to describe the color of light or yellowish hair or someone who has such hair. They can also both be used as nouns referring to a person with such hair, as in Should I make this character a blond or a redhead?Â
They are pronounced exactly the same. But there is a difference: the spelling blonde is typically used in a gender-specific way to refer to or describe women and girls with this hair color. In contrast, the use of blond in a gender-neutral way is very common. And when the word is used as an adjective, this spelling is much more commonly used, regardless of the gender of the person whose hair color is being described.
Blond and blonde derive from French, which has grammatical gender, meaning that some words end differently depending on whether they are applied to men or women (with e being the feminine ending). This happens in a few other pairs of words in English, like confidant and confidante, though in many cases the term without the e has become largely gender-neutral. This is the case with blond, which is the more commonly used of the two.
When describing the colors of things other than hair, such as wood or coffee, only the spelling blond is used.
When in doubt, remember that the spelling blond is appropriate in all cases.
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between blonde and blond.
Quiz yourself on blonde vs. blond!
True or False?Â
The spelling blond is only ever applied to men and boys.
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