different between blonde vs brunette

English

Alternative forms

• blond

Etymology

From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bl?nd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bl?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

blonde (plural blondes)

1. Alternative form of blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
2. Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).

Derived terms

• bottle blonde
• dumb blonde
• peroxide blonde

Translations

Adjective

blonde (comparative blonder or more blonde, superlative blondest or most blonde)

1. (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
2. (especially of a woman, offensive) Stupid, ignorant, naive.
   • 2005, Nancy Bartholomew, Lethally Blonde, Silhouette ?ISBN, page 8:

     Emma's already huge green eyes widen and she gives me this look like, “Oh my God, sometimes you are just so blonde!”

   • 2014, Aviva Drescher, Leggy Blonde: A Memoir (Simon and Schuster, ?ISBN):

     I was so blonde I honestly had no idea why he got so angry. He cooled on me for a week or so.

   • 2003, Bennett Fairorth, The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily (iUniverse, ?ISBN), page 201:

     “She was so blonde, she studied for a blood test, when she went to the airport and saw a sign that said, 'Airport Left,' she turned around and went home, when she heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, she moved.

Usage notes

See the usage notes in the entry blond.

Translations

References

• “blonde”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Bolden, bolden, bolned

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

blonde

1. Inflected form of blond

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl??d/

Adjective

blonde

1. feminine singular of blond.

Noun

blonde f (plural blondes)

1. blonde, female with blonde hair
2. light beer
3. (Canada, Quebec, Louisiana, informal) girlfriend

Antonyms

• (girlfriend): chum

Related terms

• bière blonde

Further reading

• “blonde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?nd?/

Adjective

blonde

1. inflection of blond:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -onde

Noun

blonde f pl

1. plural of blonda

Swedish

Adjective

blonde

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of blond.

English

Alternative forms

• brunet

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b?u?n?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b?u?n?t/
• Hyphenation: bru?nette
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

brunette (not comparable)

1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2. (of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Translations

Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)

1. A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

See also

• blonde
• noirette

Translations

Anagrams

• Buettner, Burnette

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brun?t?/, [b??u?n?d??]

Noun

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

Inflection

See also

• blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bruinet (archaic)
• bruinette (archaic)
• brunet

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bry?n?.t?/
• Hyphenation: bru?net?te
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

brunette f (plural brunettes or brunetten, diminutive brunetje n or brunettetje n)

1. brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: brunet

Adjective

brunette

1. Inflected form of brunet
2. Dated form of brunet.

Italian

Noun

brunette f

1. plural of brunetta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

brunette f or m (definite singular brunetta or brunetten, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

1. a brunette (woman or girl with dark brown hair)

References

• “brunette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

brunette f (definite singular brunetta, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

1. a brunette (as above)

References

• “brunette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.