"dumb blonde" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dumb blonde.wav Forms: dumb blondes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dumb blonde (plural dumb blondes)
  1. (derogatory) A common stereotype of a blonde as a woman with low intelligence. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Hair, Stock characters Synonyms: dumb blond Related terms: blonde joke Translations (female): 金发笨妞 (jīnfǎ bènniū) (Chinese Mandarin), dom blondje [neuter] (Dutch), blondasse [feminine] (French), głupia blondynka [feminine] (Polish), loira burra [feminine] (Portuguese), тупая блондинка (tupaja blondinka) [feminine] (Russian), òinseach bhàn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), rubio mudo (Spanish), rubia tonta [feminine] (Spanish), dum blondin (Swedish), aptal sarışın (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dumb_blonde-en-noun-4NV-OyMm Disambiguation of Hair: 94 6 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'female': 100 0
  2. (by extension, rare) A man of similar type. Tags: broadly, rare
    Sense id: en-dumb_blonde-en-noun-GqI2svcL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (male): amadan bàn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), aptal sarışın (Turkish) Translations (neutral): 金发笨妞 (Chinese Mandarin), Blondchen [neuter] (German), amadan bàn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), òinseach bhàn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), aptal sarışın (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'male': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'neutral': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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