blonde

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English

Alternative forms

• blond (masculine)

Etymology

From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

Pronunciation

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

3. (film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.

   Coordinate term: redhead

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

blonde (comparative blonder or more blonde, superlative blondest or most blonde)

1. (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
2. (especially of a woman, offensive) Stupid, ignorant, naive.

Usage notes

See the usage notes in the entry blond.

Derived terms

• blonde bombshell

Translations

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

References

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

Anagrams

• Bolden, bolden, bolned

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

blonde

1. inflection of blond:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔ̃d/

Adjective

blonde

1. feminine singular of blond

Noun

blonde f (plural blondes)

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

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

blonde f pl

1. plural of blonda

Swedish

Adjective

blonde

1. definite natural masculine singular of blond