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brunette^¹

/bɹuˈnɛt/ US
/bɹuːˈnɛt/ UK

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Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

adjective brunet

especially, not comparable, of a woman, of hair Of a brown color or tone.
dated, especially, not comparable, of a woman, of hair Of a dark brown color or tone. Frosting and Tipping of your hair is for winter hi-fashion. It adds hi-lights to any brunette or brownette hair, softens the looks and adds body to the hair.
especially, feminine, not comparable, of a person Having brown hair.
Similar: brune
dated, especially, feminine, not comparable, of a person Having dark brown hair. The survey asked for preferences in smoking and drinking, and whether they preferred blonde, brunette, or red-haired or brownette women as dates.
Similar: brune

noun brunettes · brunet

A person, especially female, with brown hair. 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 th
Similar: brune
dated A person, especially female, with dark brown hair. FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]
Similar: brune

Brunette^²

proper noun Brunettes

A surname from French.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dark-haired, brunet, brown-haired, black-haired, grizzled, dark-skinned, swarthy, swart, tanned, suntanned, nutbrown, bronzed, adust, dusky, dark, browned

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adj having brown hair

Español	castaño, moreno
中文	棕髮 /棕发 zōngfà
Português	morena, de/com cabelo castanho
Français	brun
Deutsch	brünett
Italiano	castana, castana scura, bruna
Ελληνικά	καστανός kastanós
Română	brunetă
Русский	темноволо́сый temnovolósyj
العربية	امرأَة ذات شعر بني أو أسود, سمراء

noun a person, especially female, with brown hair

Español	castaño, castaña, moreno, morena
Português	morena
Français	brune, brun
Deutsch	Brünette, Brünetter
Ελληνικά	καστανή kastaní
Русский	шате́н m шате́нка šatɛ́n
العربية	سَمْرَاء samrāʔ
עברית	ברונטית brunet'it

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@misc{brunette_2026,
  title = {brunette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brunette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}