English Explanatory Dictionary

brunette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a brown color or tone.
  2. Having brown hair.
noun
  1. A person, especially female, with brown hair.
  2. A person, especially female, with dark brown hair.
name
  1. A surname from French.

Pronunciation

/bɹuˈnɛt/ /bɹuːˈnɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunette.wav

Word forms

brunette brunet brunettes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunette Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

Synonyms

brune

Related words

blonde noirette Brunet Brunett

Derived words

bronde -ette brunetteness bluenette

Translations

Arabic: سَمْرَاء Bulgarian: брюне́т Bulgarian: брюне́тка Czech: bruneta Danish: brunette Dutch: brunette Estonian: brünett Finnish: tummaverikkö French: brune French: brun German: Brünette German: Brünetter Greek: καστανή Hebrew: ברונטית Ido: brunetino Irish: bean dhonn Irish: cailín donn Latvian: tumšmate Latvian: tumšmatis Latvian: brunete Latvian: brunets Macedonian: ка́леша Macedonian: брине́та Norwegian Bokmål: brunette Norwegian Nynorsk: brunette Polish: brunetka Polish: brunet Polish: bruneta Portuguese: morena Russian: шате́н m шате́нка Slovak: bruneta Slovak: brunetka Slovak: brunet Spanish: morocho Spanish: moreno Swedish: brunett Turkish: esmer Yiddish: ברונעטין Yiddish: ברונעטקע Yiddish: ברונעט
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