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brunette

See also: Brunette, brünette, and Brünette

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

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brunette (not comparable)

  1. (of hair) Of a brown color or tone.
  2. (of a person) Having brown hair.

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Noun

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brunette (plural brunettes)

  1. A person, especially female, with brown hair.
    • 1866, Luke Owen Pike, “The Evidence of Physical Characteristics”, in The English and Their Origin. A Prologue to Authentic English History., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 145–146:
      And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons.
    • 1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70:
      The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
    • 2020, Eleanore King, Glorify Yourself:
      Brownheads or brunettes use a darker red than blondes and redheads.

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”).

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  • IPA(key): /brunɛtə/, [b̥ʁuˈnɛd̥ə]

Noun

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brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

  1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

Inflection

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Declension of brunette
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brunette brunetten brunetter brunetterne
genitive brunettes brunettens brunetters brunetternes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French brunette.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbryˈnɛ.tə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bru‧net‧te
  • Rhymes: -ɛtə

Noun

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brunette f (plural brunettes or brunetten, diminutive brunetje n or brunettetje n)

  1. brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)

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  • Afrikaans: brunet

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brunette

  1. inflection of brunet:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive
  2. Dated form of brunet.

French

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brunette f (plural brunettes)

  1. brunette

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Italian

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Noun

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brunette f

  1. plural of brunetta

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French brunette.

Noun

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brunette f or m (definite singular brunetta or brunetten, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

  1. a brunette (woman or girl with dark brown hair)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French brunette.

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brunette f (definite singular brunetta, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

  1. a brunette (as above)

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