brunette
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2.1
- adjective
- /bruˈnɛt/
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moreno
- At the party, I met a brunette who told me all about her travels.
- brunette hair
- tall and brunette
Taller than me, brunette, somewhat active, outgoing.
- Taller than me, brunette, somewhat active, outgoing.
- I mean, brunette brown eyes, lovely sort of tan skin, you know, the, the, the olive sort of skin.
- I wear this in the color dark brunette and it's a tiny brush.
- I'm going to start with this one, which is the collection Incredibrow Tinted Brown Mascara in Brunette.
- I already filled in my eyebrows with Anastasia brow with in brunette and Max cork eyeshadow and I'm just setting it now.
Examples
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You are Natalie Portman, the girl next door whose pristine, symmetrical face looks best when surrounded by clean, straight, brunette strands.
Blog text (13) -
I mean, brunette brown eyes, lovely sort of tan skin, you know, the, the, the olive sort of skin.
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And so my first girlfriend was like this English brunette model.
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I did not know the woman Britta chose as maid of honor, but she was beautiful, brunette, and nice enough.
Fiction book (1996) -
Taller than me, brunette, somewhat active, outgoing.
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She has long, beautiful brunette hair that shimmers in the sunlight.
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The artist painted a portrait of a stunning brunette with striking green eyes.
Synonyms
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1.5
A person with dark hair like black or brown
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1.0
Having black or very dark hair
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1.0
Having brown hair
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6.4
Having dark hair, eyes, or skin
Antonyms
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
brunette = brun + ette
The adjective is formed with the same root + '-ette' pattern; the morphological cue is present but the root form is not an English lemma, so the derivation is not fully transparent to learners familiar only with 'brown'.
Etymology
Brunette as an adjective comes from French brun 'brown' with the ending -ette, which marks a small or female form. That's why brunette describes someone who has dark brown hair or darker features.