brunette
pronunciation
How to pronounce brunette in British English:
UK [bru:ˈnet]
How to pronounce brunette in American English:
US [bruˈnɛt]
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- Noun:
- a person with dark (brown) hair
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- Adjective:
- marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
Word Origin
- brunette
- brunette: see brown
- brunette (adj.)
- 1660s, from French brunette (masc. brunet), from Old French brunet "brownish, brown-haired, dark-complexioned," fem. diminutive of brun "brown" (12c.), of West Germanic origin (see brown (adj.)). As a noun, "woman of a dark complexion," from 1710. The metathesized form, Old French burnete, is the source of the surname Burnett. Burnete also was used of a wool-dyed cloth of superior quality, originally dark brown.
Example
- 1. Like a lieutenant he hates , why is one blonde the other brunette ?
- 2. Shuhei asked hesitantly as the brunette and teal haired girl advanced on him .
- 3. Think she was a blonde or a brunette ?
- 4. The pope told the brunette to take the last one .
- 5. I 'm seeing a brunette tonight .