bronde

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

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

bronde (countable and uncountable, plural brondes) (informal)

1. (uncountable) A hair colour intermediate between brown and blond.

   Coordinate term: blorange

   • 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.

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2. (countable) A person having this hair colour.

   I'm a bronde.

• dark blond, dirty blond, dishwater blond

bronde (not comparable)

1. (informal) Having or relating to a bronde colour.
   • 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.

   • 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.

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