bronde

English

Etymology

Blend of brunette +‎ blonde or brown + blonde.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: brŏnd, IPA^(key): /bɹɒnd/
(US) enPR: bränd, IPA^(key): /bɹɑnd/
Rhymes: -ɒnd, -ɑnd

Noun

bronde (uncountable)

(informal) A hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.
Coordinate term: blorange
- 2015, “Celeb Hair We Love”, in Canberra Weekly Magazine‎, page 55:
  Singer Taylor Swift changes up her long lob with an added fringe, in a bronde tone at the Billboard Music Awards on 17 May.
- 2017, "Hair Colouring", The Times of Oman 100, Summer 2016, page 33:
  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.
- 2021, Jenna Engel, quoted in Veronica Boodhan, "Finding The Perfect Match", Salon, May 2021, page 35:
  Olive skin tones look great with a bronde colour, so mixing a chocolate brown with honey highlights would be a great option.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bronde.

Synonyms

dark blond, dirty blond, dishwater blond

Anagrams

Bodner, Borden, Bredon, Broden, bonder, borned, rebond

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