brunette

See also: Brunette, brünette, and Brünette

English

Alternative forms

• brunet

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹuˈnɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹuːnɛt/
• Hyphenation: bru‧nette
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

brunette (not comparable)

1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2. (of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Translations

(of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) Of a dark color or tone

Having brown or black hair

• Arabic: امرأَة ذات شعر بني أو أسود‎, سمراء‎
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棕髮, 棕发 (zōngfà) (brown hair), 黑髮 (zh), 黑发 (zh) (hēifà) (black hair)

• Danish: mørkhåret
• Dutch: brunette (nl), brunet (now uncommon)
• Estonian: brünett
• Finnish: ruskeaverikkö, tumma (fi)
• French: brun (fr)
• German: brünett (de)
• Greek: καστανός (el) (kastanós)
• Irish: donn (ga) donnchiabhach (brown hair), dubh (ga), ceanndubh, cúldubh, dubhfholtach (black hair)
• Italian: castana (it), castana scura, bruna (it)
• Latvian: tumšmatains

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mørkhåret, mørkhåra

  Nynorsk: mørkhåra

• Portuguese: morena (pt), de/com cabelo castanho
• Romanian: brunetă
• Russian: тёмноволо́сая (tjomnovolósaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: donn (brown hair), dorcha (black hair)
• Spanish: castaña clara, castaña oscura, morena (es), morocha (es)
• Swedish: brunett (sv)
• Tagalog: pulahang buhok
• Turkish: esmer (tr)
• Yiddish: ברונעט‎ (brunet)

Having dark eyes and darkish or olive skin

Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)

1. A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Translations

A person, especially female, with brown or black hair

• Arabic: سَمْرَاء‎ f (samrāʾ)
• Czech: bruneta (cs) f
• Danish: brunette (da) c (female)
• Dutch: brunette (nl) f
• Finnish: tummaverikkö
• French: brune (fr) f, brun (fr) m
• German: Brünette (de) f
• Greek: καστανή (el) f (kastaní) (brown hair)
• Hebrew: ברונטית‎ f (brunet'it)
• Ido: brunetino (io)
• Irish: bean dhonn f (literally "brown-haired woman"), cailín donn m (literally "brown-haired girl")
• Latvian: tumšmate f, tumšmatis m, brunete f, brunets m

• Macedonian: ка́леша f (káleša), брине́та f (brinéta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brunette m or f

  Nynorsk: brunette f

• Polish: brunetka (pl) f, brunet (pl) m, bruneta (pl) f (dated, rare)
• Portuguese: morena (pt) f
• Russian: шате́н (ru) m (šatén) шате́нка (ru) f (šaténka) (brown hair), брюне́тка (ru) f (brjunétka) брюнет (ru) m (brjunet) (black hair)
• Slovak: bruneta f, brunetka (sk) f, brunet (sk) m
• Spanish: morocho (es) m, moreno (es) m
• Swedish: brunett (sv) c
• Turkish: esmer (tr)
• Yiddish: ברונעטין‎ f (brunetin), ברונעטקע‎ f (brunetke), ברונעט‎ m (brunet)

A person, especially female, with dark eyes and darkish or olive skin

• French: brune (fr) f
• Greek: μελαχρινή (el) f (melachriní)
• Macedonian: калеша f (kaleša)

• Portuguese: morena (pt) f
• Spanish: morena (es) f (specifically dark complexion)
• Turkish: esmer (tr)

Anagrams

• Buettner, Burnette

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brunɛtə/, [b̥ʁuˈnɛd̥ə]

Noun

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

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

Inflection

Declension of brunette

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

See also

• blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• bruinet (archaic)
• bruinette (archaic)
• brunet

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbryˈnɛ.tə/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: bru‧net‧te
• Rhymes: -ɛtə

Noun

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

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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: brunet

Adjective

brunette

1. Inflected form of brunet
2. Dated form of brunet.

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Italian

Noun

brunette f

1. plural of brunetta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

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)

References

• “brunette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

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

1. a brunette (as above)

References

• “brunette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.