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blonde
[blond] 
–adjective
| 1. | (of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes. |
–noun
| 2. | a woman or girl having this coloration. |
Related forms:
blondeness, noun
Usage note:
The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.
The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.
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| blond also blonde (blŏnd) adj. blond·er, blond·est
[Middle English blounde, from Old French blonde, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.] blond'ish adj., blond'ness n. |
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Blonde
Blonde\, n. [F.]1. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes. [Written also blond.] 2. [So called from its color.] A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also blond lace.
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Language Translation for : blonde
Spanish:
rubia,
German:
die Blondine,
Japanese:
ブロンド髪の女性
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