‘Blond’ and ‘Blonde’: Is there a difference?

blonde And Yellow are two spellings of the same word. If you want to follow the traditional spelling convention, use Yellow for girls and women, and blonde for boys and men.

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You can describe this image as Yellow or blonde

blonde And Yellow are two spellings of the same word.

As an adjective, blonde And Yellow both describe blonde or light brown hair (“short blonde/blond hair”) and someone with that color (“three blonde/blond kids”). By tradition, and for the sake of French, Yellow (with French feminine ending) is commonly used for girls and women, and blonde (with the French masculine form) commonly used for men or men:

She has blonde hair like her father.

Two blond boys like their father.

Adjectives also describe things unrelated to hair and in those cases, the form blonde is standard:

golden wood (less common: golden wood)

an animal with yellow fur (less common: an animal with yellow fur)

As a noun, blonde And Yellow refers to a person with very light blonde or brown hair, as in “the twins are blonde/blonde girls” or refers to light auburn to dark gray, as in the “painted room” blue and blonde”. As with adjectives, nouns often note the difference in their French origin:

He’s been a blonde all his life.

She and her sister are both blonde.

If you want to follow the traditional spelling convention, use Yellow for girls and women, and blonde for boys and men.

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Source: vothisaucamau.edu.vn

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