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Narrator: Today's word is "Blonde" — adjective, pronounced /blɒnd/, with the stress on "blonde".
Narrator: Blonde means having pale yellow or golden hair, or describing that hair colour.
Narrator: In plain English, fair-haired.
Narrator: It comes from French blond, with the feminine form blonde.
Narrator: A common collocation is "ash blonde", which describes a cool, greyish fair shade.
Narrator: It differs from "fair", because fair can describe skin or hair, while blonde describes hair colour specifically.
Narrator: In a second sense, a blonde beer is a pale golden ale.
Narrator: Hairdressing, cosmetics, fashion and brewing rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: blonde means golden or pale yellow hair.
Speaker A: Is it blond or blonde?
Speaker B: Both exist! BLONDE comes from French, where the e marks the feminine.
Speaker A: So British English uses both?
Speaker B: Yes, often blonde for everyone.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She went platinum blonde", hairdressing. "He has blond curls", description. "Try the blonde ale", brewing.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use blonde for hair colour freely, but avoid calling a woman "a blonde" in formal writing, as it can sound dismissive.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Fair is its cousin, flaxen its twin, and golden an alternative — yet blonde keeps its sunny charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "blonde" in AI prompts — useful for salon booking and image tagging.
Speaker A: How for salons?
Speaker B: Services.
Prompt: List salon services for clients who want to go from brunette to blonde gradually.
Speaker A: And tagging?
Speaker B: Product shots.
Prompt: Tag hair-dye images by shade, separating ash blonde from golden blonde.
Speaker A: Could it help style?
Speaker B: Yes, for wording.
Prompt: Rewrite this character description so blonde hair is mentioned respectfully.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Brewing.
Prompt: Write a tasting note for a light blonde ale.
Blonde — meaning in Arabic & definition More B courses GL Dictionary