blonde
English
Alternative forms
- blond
Etymology
From Middle French blonde f. See blond.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /blɒnd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /blɑnd/
- Rhymes: -ɒnd
Noun
blonde (plural blondes)
- Alternative form of blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
- Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).
- blonde:
- (film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.
- Coordinate term: redhead
- 2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making (page 63)
- Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
Derived terms
- ash blonde
- atomic blonde
- blonde bombshell
- blonde joke
- blonde moment
- bottle blonde
- dirty blonde
- dumb blonde
- golden blonde
- honey blonde
- ice blonde
- peroxide blonde
- platinum blonde
- sandy blonde
- strawberry blonde
- titanium blonde
Translations
blond — see blond
Adjective
blonde (comparative blonder or more blonde, superlative blondest or most blonde)
- (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
- 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
- So the great wasteful summer days went by, the glory of the passionate nights of July, the crisper blonde luxuriance of August.
- 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
- (especially of a woman, offensive) Stupid, ignorant, naive.
- 2005, Nancy Bartholomew, Lethally Blonde, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 8:
- Emma's already huge green eyes widen and she gives me this look like, “Oh my God, sometimes you are just so blonde!”
- 2014, Aviva Drescher, Leggy Blonde: A Memoir, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- I was so blonde I honestly had no idea why he got so angry. He cooled on me for a week or so.
- 2003, Bennett Fairorth, The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 201:
- “She was so blonde, she studied for a blood test, when she went to the airport and saw a sign that said, 'Airport Left,' she turned around and went home, when she heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, she moved.
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Usage notes
See the usage notes in the entry blond.
Translations
blond — see blond
Verb
blonde (third-person singular simple present blondes, present participle blonding, simple past and past participle blonded)
- (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
- 1964, LIFE (volume 56, number 10, page 25)
- Most women who blonde their hair today have been doing it for several years.
- 1964, LIFE (volume 56, number 10, page 25)
References
- “blonde”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
- Bolden, bolden, bolned
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
blonde
- Inflected form of blond
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blɔ̃d/
Audio (file)
Adjective
blonde
- feminine singular of blond
Noun
blonde f (plural blondes)
- blonde, female with blonde hair
- light beer
- (Canada, Quebec, Louisiana, informal) girlfriend
- Antonym: chum
Related terms
- bière blonde
Further reading
- “blonde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɔndə/
Audio (file)
Adjective
blonde
- inflection of blond:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblon.de/
- Rhymes: -onde
- Hyphenation: blón‧de
Noun
blonde f pl
- plural of blonda
Swedish
Adjective
blonde
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of blond.