blonde

/blɑnd/

Other forms: blondes; blonder

Blonde (with an "e" at the end) is usually used to describe the yellowish-colored hair of a female. Marilyn Monroe had famously blonde hair, but only from bleaching — she was naturally a brunette.

Marilyn Monroe's hair was so famous she actually starred in a movie called Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. There the noun blonde is used to mean a person (a woman) with light-colored hair and skin. So you can either say, “She is blonde," or “She is a blonde,” and they mean the same thing — that she has fair hair. When describing a male's yellowish hair or light-colored stained wood, you will more often see blond without the silent "e" at the end. The addition of the "e" in the feminine form of blonde is of course a holdover from its French origin.

Definitions of blonde

1. adjective

   being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
   synonyms: blond, light-haired

   ash-blonde, platinum-blonde, towheaded

   of hair color; whitish

   fair, fairish

   (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored

   flaxen, sandy

   of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

   nordic

   resembling peoples of Scandinavia

   redheaded

   having red hair and usually fair skin
2. noun

   a person with fair skin and hair
   synonyms: blond

   types:

   peroxide blond, peroxide blonde

   a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide

   platinum blond, platinum blonde

   a blond whose hair is a pale silvery (often artificially colored) blond

   towhead

   a person with light blond hair

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
3. noun

   a light grayish yellow to near white
   synonyms: blond

   type of:

   chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour

   a color that has hue