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bronde

UK/bɹɒnd/US/bɹɑnd/

bronde noun: a hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.

Noun

bronde (countable and uncountable, plural brondes)

  1. (informal, uncountable) A hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.
    • What happens when beach blonde meets a rich brunette? You get a 'bronde'. A colour that is somewhere between the two extremes, bronde brings in the best of both worlds.2017, "Hair Colouring", The Times of Oman 100, Summer 2016, page 33
  2. (countable, informal) A person having this hair colour.
    • I'm a bronde.

Adjective

bronde (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Having or relating to a bronde colour.
    • Singer Taylor Swift changes up her long lob with an added fringe, in a bronde tone at the Billboard Music Awards on 17 May.2015, “Celeb Hair We Love”, in Canberra Weekly Magazine, page 55
    • Olive skin tones look great with a bronde colour, so mixing a chocolate brown with honey highlights would be a great option.2021, Jenna Engel, quoted in Veronica Boodhan, "Finding The Perfect Match", Salon, May 2021, page 35

Synonyms of bronde

Forms of bronde

pluralbrondes

Origin of bronde

Blend of brunette + blonde or brown + blonde, popularised from circa 2010.

Words that rhyme with bronde

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Questions about bronde

What does bronde mean?
Bronde means a hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.
What part of speech is bronde?
Bronde can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce bronde?
Bronde is pronounced /bɹɒnd/ (UK).
What is the plural of bronde?
The plural of bronde is brondes.

Words near bronde in the dictionary

  1. broncobusters
  2. broncobusting
  3. broncos
  4. broncs
  5. brond
  6. bronde
  7. brondes
  8. Brondesbury
  9. bronds
  10. Broner
  11. Broners

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