bronde

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UK/bɹɒnd/US/bɹɑnd/

noun

A hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.

“I'm a bronde.”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounbronde (countable and uncountable, plural brondes)

plural brondes

  1. informaluncountableA 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. countableinformalA person having this hair colour.

    I'm a bronde.

adjectivebronde (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableHaving 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
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    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 & antonyms

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

bronde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronde

MLA

“bronde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronde. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bronde,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bronde.

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