brunette
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- noun
- /bruˈnɛt/
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moreno
- She's a brunette with a red dress on, really pretty.
- blonde and brunette
- brunette and redhead
- red and brunette
It's time for brunettes to have their fun.
- It's time for brunettes to have their fun.
- I feel like what is what is Rory, if not a brunette in a fluffy sweater, You know?
- You know, if you prefer blondes, is that somehow prejudice against brunettes and gingers?
- It's all about the brows and this is such a beautiful, beautiful shade for brunettes.
Examples
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One of the blondes went to tend bar, and the brunette came over to our table.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was the brunette by the bar.
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Walk in on Mitchell in a chair, this brunette working on him.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's time for brunettes to have their fun.
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GINA is also fifteen, has brunette hair, and seems pretty happy.
Fiction book (1991) -
The last I saw of them, the boy had slipped his arm around the brunette's waist.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the far right corner of the room, a brunette sat on a stool behind a counter, doing paperwork.
Fiction book (1991) -
Laura, a strikingly lovely brunette, enters from the outer office, files in hand.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dwight's wife, a pert, steely-eyed brunette, places a firm hand on his shoulder.
Fiction book (1998) -
The brunette at the party caught everyone's attention with her beautiful dress.
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
brunette = brun + ette
The suffix '-ette' signals a diminutive/feminine form, but the root 'brun' is not a standalone English word (it corresponds to French 'brown'), so learners who only know English 'brown' may not transparently derive the meaning.
Etymology
Brunette comes from French brun meaning 'brown' plus the small or female ending -ette, and it has the same root as English brown. So a brunette originally meant a 'little brown one', and today it names a person, usually a woman, with dark brown or black hair.