balayage

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noun

A hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.

OriginFrench balayage →
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Meanings

nounbalayage (countable and uncountable, plural balayages)

plural balayages

  1. countableuncountablecosmeticsA hair colouring technique in which colour is applied by hand.
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    Born in the mid-2010s, the concept of the girlboss promised a utopia where women could bulldoze into workplaces, pull up a seat at male-dominated tables and become a celebrated CEO on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List by the ripe age of 23 (and do it all, of course, wearing a fuchsia blazer and a balayage hairdo).

    2025 November 6, Ellie Muir, “In All's Fair, the girlboss archetype has never been more embarrassing”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2026
  2. countableuncountablemathematicsA method for reconstructing a harmonic function.

Origin

  1. Frenchbalayage
  2. Englishbalayage

Borrowed from French balayage.

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Translations

Polish balejaż
  • balejażcosmetics
Swedish balayage
  • balayagecosmetics

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with balayage

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Cite this entry
APA

balayage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balayage

MLA

“balayage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balayage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “balayage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balayage.

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