brunette
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: brunet
pos: adj
tags: alternative
rare
form: brunettes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: brunet
pos: noun
tags: alternative
rare
Senses:
gloss: Of a brown color or tone.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Having brown hair.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A person, especially female, with brown hair.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
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.
Brownheads or brunettes use a darker red than blondes and redheads.
gloss: A person, especially female, with brown hair.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]
The models were very attractive indeed (blondes, brunettes, brownettes but no redettes) but on the slim side.
I’m thankful for brunettes. And brownettes. And redettes. And blondettes.
Related words: blonde
noirette
Derived words: bronde
-ette
brunetteness
bluenette
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: سَمْرَاء
roman: samrāʔ
lang: Bulgarian
word: брюне́т
roman: brjunét
lang: Bulgarian
word: брюне́тка
roman: brjunétka
lang: Czech
word: bruneta
lang: Danish
word: brunette
lang: Dutch
word: brunette
lang: Estonian
word: brünett
lang: Finnish
word: tummaverikkö
lang: French
word: brune
lang: French
word: brun
lang: German
word: Brünette
lang: German
word: Brünetter
lang: Greek
word: καστανή
roman: kastaní
lang: Hebrew
word: ברונטית
roman: brunet'it
lang: Ido
word: brunetino
lang: Irish
word: bean dhonn
lang: Irish
word: cailín donn
lang: Latvian
word: tumšmate
lang: Latvian
word: tumšmatis
lang: Latvian
word: brunete
lang: Latvian
word: brunets
lang: Macedonian
word: ка́леша
roman: káleša
lang: Macedonian
word: брине́та
roman: brinéta
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: brunette
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: brunette
lang: Polish
word: brunetka
lang: Polish
word: brunet
lang: Polish
word: bruneta
lang: Portuguese
word: morena
lang: Russian
word: шате́н m шате́нка
roman: šatɛ́n
lang: Slovak
word: bruneta
lang: Slovak
word: brunetka
lang: Slovak
word: brunet
lang: Spanish
word: morocho
lang: Spanish
word: moreno
lang: Swedish
word: brunett
lang: Turkish
word: esmer
lang: Yiddish
word: ברונעטין
roman: brunetin
lang: Yiddish
word: ברונעטקע
roman: brunetke
lang: Yiddish
word: ברונעט
roman: brunet