brunette

• brunet (rare, of a man or boy)

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹuˈnɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹuːˈnɛt/

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• Hyphenation: bru‧nette
• Rhymes: -ɛt

brunette (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: (uncommon) brune

brunette (plural brunettes)

1. A person, especially female, with brown hair.

   Synonym: (uncommon) brune

   Hyponym: (dated) brownette

   • 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.

   1. (dated, strictly) A person, especially female, with dark brown hair.

      Coordinate term: (dated) brownette

      • 1947 September 5, “Sears”, in The Kansas City Star, main edition, volume 67, number 336, Kansas City, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 6:

        FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]

      • 1960 January 21, John Robinson, “In This Corner”, in The Hamilton Spectator, home edition, volume CXV, number 17, Hamilton, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 6:

        The models were very attractive indeed (blondes, brunettes, brownettes but no redettes) but on the slim side.

      • 1965 November 25, Furman Bisher, “I’m Thankful”, in The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, final edition, volume 16, number 27, Atlanta, Ga., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-D, column 1:

        I’m thankful for brunettes. And brownettes. And redettes. And blondettes.

• blonde
• noirette

• Buettner, Burnette

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

• IPA^(key): /brunɛtə/, [b̥ʁuˈnɛd̥ə]

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

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

• blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

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

Borrowed from French brunette.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbryˈnɛ.tə/

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

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

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

• Afrikaans: brunet

brunette

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

From Old French brunete, equivalent to brunet +‎ -e.

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brunette f (plural brunettes)

1. brunette

   Synonym: brune

• → English: brunette

• “brunette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

brunette f

1. plural of brunetta

From French brunette.

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)

• “brunette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French brunette.

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

1. a brunette (as above)

• “brunette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.