blonde

English

Alternative forms

• blond

Etymology

From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /blɒnd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /blɑnd/
• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Noun

blonde (plural blondes)

1. Alternative form of blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
2. Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).

   blonde:  

3. (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)

1. (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.

2. (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.

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)

1. (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.

References

• “blonde”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Bolden, bolden, bolned

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Adjective

blonde

1. Inflected form of blond

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔ̃d/

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Adjective

blonde

1. feminine singular of blond

Noun

blonde f (plural blondes)

1. blonde, female with blonde hair
2. light beer
3. (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.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔndə/

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Adjective

blonde

1. inflection of blond:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblon.de/
• Rhymes: -onde
• Hyphenation: blón‧de

Noun

blonde f pl

1. plural of blonda

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Swedish

Adjective

blonde

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of blond.