# brunette
## English
### Alternative forms

* brunet (rare)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /bɹuˈnɛt/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɹuːˈnɛt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: bru‧nette
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Adjective

brunette (not comparable)
* (of hair) Of a brown color or tone.
* (of a person) Having brown hair.

#### Translations
### Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)
* A person, especially female, with brown hair.
** 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.

#### Derived terms

* bluenette
* bronde
* brunetteness

#### Translations
### See also

* blonde
* noirette

### Anagrams

* Buettner, Burnette

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brunɛtə/, [b̥ʁuˈnɛd̥ə]

### Noun

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)
* brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

#### See also

* blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* bruinet (archaic)
* bruinette (archaic)
* brunet

### Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌbryˈnɛ.tə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bru‧net‧te
* Rhymes: -ɛtə

### Noun

brunette f (plural brunettes or brunetten, diminutive brunetje n or brunettetje n)
* brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: brunet

### Adjective

brunette
* inflection of brunet:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive
* Dated form of brunet.

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

brunette f (plural brunettes)
* brunette

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Noun

brunette f
* plural of brunetta

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French brunette.

### Noun

brunette f or m (definite singular brunetta or brunetten, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)
* a brunette (woman or girl with dark brown hair)

### References

* “brunette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French brunette.

### Noun

brunette f (definite singular brunetta, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)
* a brunette (as above)

### References

* “brunette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.