blonde
adjective /blɒnd/
/blɑːnd/
(also blond)
In British English it is usual to spell this word blonde when writing about a woman or girl and blond when writing about a man or boy, although the spelling blonde is sometimes used for men and boys too. In American English the spelling blond is often preferred for either sex. Blonde may be used to describe a woman’s hair, but it is sometimes considered offensive to refer to a woman as ‘a blonde’ because hair colour should not define what a person is like.- (of hair) pale gold in colour
- She had long blonde hair.
- The child had short blond curls and large blue eyes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- go
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- very
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- (of a person) having blonde hair
- a small, blond boy
- A blonde-haired girl walked in.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (earlier as blond): from French, feminine of blond, from medieval Latin blundus ‘yellow’, perhaps from Germanic.
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