blonde
blonde hair/highlights
Oxford Essential Dictionary
blonde
(also blond) adjective
with light-coloured hair:
She is tall and blonde.
He's got blond hair.
>> blonde noun a woman who has blonde hair:
She's a natural blonde.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
blond
blond /blɒnd $ blɑːnd/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Medieval Latin blondus 'yellow']
1. another spelling of ↑blonde
2. a man who is blond has pale or yellow hair
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
blonde
blonde [blonde blondes] adjective, noun [blɒnd] [blɑːnd]
adjective (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 is not a whole person.
1. (of hair) pale gold in colour
2. (of a person) having blonde hair
• a small, blond boy
Word Origin:
late 17th cent. (earlier as blond): from French, feminine of blond, from medieval Latin blundus ‘yellow’, perhaps from Germanic.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
blonde ( also blond ) / blɒnd / / blɑːnd / adjective
A2 with pale yellow or gold hair:
blonde hair/highlights
a blonde woman/a blond man
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
blonde
/blɒnd/
(blondes, blonder, blondest)
Note: The form 'blonde' is usually used to refer to women, and 'blond' to refer to men.
1.
A woman who has blonde hair has pale-coloured hair. Blonde hair can be very light brown or light yellow. The form blond is used when describing men.
There were two little girls, one Asian and one with blonde hair...
The baby had blond curls.
COLOUR
2.
Someone who is blonde has blonde hair.
He was blonder than his brother.
...the striking blond actor.
ADJ
3.
A blonde is a woman who has blonde hair.
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
1blond or blonde /ˈblɑːnd/ adj blond·er; -est
1 : of a yellow or very light brown color
• long blond hair
• blonde curls/locks/braids
• She has blonde highlights in her hair.
• His hair was dyed/bleached blond. also; : having blond hair
• a blond actor
• She was blonde as a child.
✦When used to describe a boy or man, the word is spelled blond. When used for a girl or woman, the word is often spelled blonde.
✦A person with dirty blond hair has very dark blond hair that is almost light brown in color.
- see also platinum blonde, strawberry blonde
2 : of a very light color
• a table made of blond wood
