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brunette

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
brunette noun
also brunet /bruˈnɛt/
plural brunettes also brunets
brunette
noun
also brunet /bruˈnɛt/
plural brunettes also brunets
Learner's definition of BRUNETTE
[count]
: a person who has brown or black hair褐色（或黑色）头发的人
◊ This word usually refers to a woman or a girl and is spelled brunette. When it refers to a man or a boy, it is usually spelled brunet.这个词通常指女性，拼写为brunette，指男性时通常拼写为brunet。

— brunette

also brunet adjective
BNC: 24658 COCA: 15724

brunette

1 of 2

noun

bru·​nette brü-ˈnet How to pronounce brunette (audio)
variants or less commonly brunet
: a person having brown hair
—usually used of a woman or girl and usually spelled brunette in that use
—when used of a man or boy usually spelled brunet

brunette

2 of 2

adjective

variants or less commonly brunet
: of a dark brown color
brunette hair
also : having brunette hair
a brunette woman
—usually used of a woman or girl and usually spelled brunette in that use
—when used of a man or boy usually spelled brunet

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective two of the kids were brunette like their mom
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There’s a new mascot on the game’s cover, too: the brunet Ms. Monopoly, niece of the dapper, top-hat-wearing Mr. Monopoly (also known as Rich Uncle Pennybags). Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2019 The petite, brown-eyed brunet, a talented dancer since childhood, was already a familiar face on stage and film. Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 12 July 2019 Ruth and Debbie could be just two odd-couple sides of the same coin, the brunet craftsman with highbrow directorial aspirations and her blond producer pal working cocktail meetings with slithery moneymen. Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 July 2019 The first models, which were blond and brunet, flew off the shelves when they were released in 1959, despite warnings from her male colleagues that a doll with breasts would never sell. Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 27 Apr. 2018 Now, however, Niall is officially a full brunet, as proven by his appearance this week at an event in London. Eliza Thompson, Seventeen, 27 Jan. 2017 The women in his life run the gamut: blond, brunet, young, old, underdressed, undressed, sane and rather less so. Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2016
Adjective
Vallée, barely 24, with a helmet of brunet hair, would serve as Hynek’s unofficial aide-de-camp. Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022 Think of a brunet soap hunk smouldering in a vertical stripe, which partially covers a bottle of frothing champagne. Laurence Scott, Wired, 11 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

French brunet, masculine, brunette, feminine, brownish, from Old French, from brun brown, from Medieval Latin brunus, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German brūn brown

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1539, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1709, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brunette was circa 1539
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