different between blonde vs redhead

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

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of red +? head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?h?d/

Noun

redhead (plural redheads)

1. A person with red hair.

   Synonyms: bloodnut, Bluey, carrot top, ginger, ranga, carrots

2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
4. Chinese red-headed centipede
5. red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
6. red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus)
7. red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
8. red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Derived terms

• redheaded

Translations

See also

• auburn
• freckleface
• ranga
• red
• rusty
• Wikipedia article on redheads
• Wikipedia article on red hair

Anagrams

• adhered