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brunet

brunet

1 6.4
Having dark hair, eyes, or skin
  • adjective
  • /bruˈnɛt/
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  • He prefers to hire models who have brunet hair for his photography projects.

Examples

  • Jackie is very definitely brunet.

  • The woman with striking features had long, flowing brunet hair that caught the sunlight.

  • In the film, the hero was portrayed as a tall, brunet figure with a mysterious past.

Synonyms

dark
vsbrunet
588 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
vsbrunet
20 1.5

A person with dark hair like black or brown

also applies to eyes and skin not only to hair
brunette
vsbrunet
3 2.1

Having dark brown or black hair

has identical meaning but is a different written form
brunneous
vsbrunet
  • Archaic
9.9

Brown in color

is used for people in everyday speech rather than technical color naming

Antonyms

176 1.0

Having light-colored hair

How Dark

dark-haired
20 1.5
brunet
1 6.4
light brown
16 1.0
fair
191 1.0

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.