brunet
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6.4
Having dark hair, eyes, or skin
- adjective
- /bruˈnɛt/
:
moreno
- He prefers to hire models who have brunet hair for his photography projects.
Examples
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Jackie is very definitely brunet.
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The woman with striking features had long, flowing brunet hair that caught the sunlight.
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In the film, the hero was portrayed as a tall, brunet figure with a mysterious past.
Synonyms
dark
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1.0
Having a deep brown or nearly black color
refers to people with moderately deep brown traits rather than very deep tones
dark-haired
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1.5
A person with dark hair like black or brown
also applies to eyes and skin not only to hair
brunette
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2.1
Having dark brown or black hair
has identical meaning but is a different written form
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9.9
Brown in color
is used for people in everyday speech rather than technical color naming
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
brunet positive
Etymology
Brunet as an adjective comes from the French brun 'brown' plus -et meaning 'small', giving the idea of a brown shade. That's why we use brunet to describe someone with dark or moderately dark hair, eyes, or skin.