blonde
/blɑnd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.04 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of blond (“person with fair hair”). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
Countable
adj
Alternative form of blond.
verb
Alternative form of blond.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "So the great wasteful summer days went by, the glory of the passionate nights of July, the crisper blonde luxuriance of August."
- "Como en aquel bar de Copenhague lleno de hombres rubios y de mujeres rubias que al final resultaron ser también hombres rubios, donde el Torpedero Tucumán se había enfadado porque al meter mano se encontró quinientos buenos gramos de lo que no esperaba; […]"
- "The tables are full of blond men and blonde women, the room full of the smells of food and the sound of harsh, clipped Northlander voices."
- "Emma's already huge green eyes widen and she gives me this look like, “Oh my God, sometimes you are just so blonde!”"
- "I was so blonde I honestly had no idea why he got so angry. He cooled on me for a week or so."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /blɑnd/
- British English: /blɒnd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
blondes (plural)
blonder (comparative)
more blonde (comparative)
blondest (superlative)
most blonde (superlative)
blondes (present, singular)
blonding (participle, present)
blonded (participle, past)
blonded (past)