brunette

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• General-American: /bɹuˈnɛt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /bɹuːˈnɛt/
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• rhymes with -ɛt
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• CMU ARPABET: B R UW0 N EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bherH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-eh2 Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunette Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: امرأَة ذات شعر بني أو أسود — having brown hair
• Arabic: سمراء — having brown hair
• Azerbaijani: qaraşın — having brown hair
• Azerbaijani: qarasaç — having brown hair
• Bulgarian: тъмноко́с (tǎmnokós) — having brown hair
• Catalan: bru — having brown hair
• Chinese Mandarin: 棕髮 /棕发 (zōngfà) — having brown hair
• Danish: mørkhåret — having brown hair
• Dutch: brunette — having brown hair
• Dutch: brunet — having brown hair
• Estonian: brünett — having brown hair
• Finnish: ruskeaverikkö — having brown hair
• Finnish: tumma — having brown hair
• French: brun — having brown hair
• Galician: moreno — having brown hair
• German: brünett — having brown hair
• Greek: καστανός (kastanós) — having brown hair
• Irish: donn donnchiabhach — having brown hair
• Italian: castana — having brown hair
• Italian: castana scura — having brown hair
• Italian: bruna — having brown hair
• Latvian: tumšmatains — having brown hair
• Macedonian: темнокос (temnokos) — having brown hair
• Macedonian: црнокос (crnokos) — having brown hair
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørkhåret — having brown hair
• Norwegian Bokmål: mørkhåra — having brown hair
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mørkhåra — having brown hair
• Polish: szatynowy — having brown hair
• Polish: ciemnowłosy — having brown hair
• Portuguese: morena — having brown hair
• Portuguese: de/com cabelo castanho — having brown hair
• Romanian: brunetă — having brown hair
• Russian: темноволо́сый (temnovolósyj) — having brown hair
• Scottish Gaelic: donn — having brown hair
• Spanish: castaño — having brown hair
• Spanish: moreno — having brown hair
• Swedish: brunett — having brown hair
• Swedish: mörkhårig — having brown hair
• Tagalog: pulahang buhok — having brown hair
• Turkish: esmer — having brown hair
• Yiddish: ברונעט (brunet) — having brown hair
• Arabic: سَمْرَاء (samrāʔ) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Bulgarian: брюне́т (brjunét) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Bulgarian: брюне́тка (brjunétka) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Czech: bruneta — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Danish: brunette — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Dutch: brunette — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Estonian: brünett — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Finnish: tummaverikkö — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• French: brune — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• French: brun — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• German: Brünette — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• German: Brünetter — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Greek: καστανή (kastaní) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Hebrew: ברונטית (brunet'it) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Ido: brunetino — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Irish: bean dhonn — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Irish: cailín donn — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Latvian: tumšmate — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Latvian: tumšmatis — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Latvian: brunete — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Latvian: brunets — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Macedonian: ка́леша (káleša) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Macedonian: брине́та (brinéta) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Norwegian Bokmål: brunette — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brunette — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Polish: brunetka — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Polish: brunet — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Polish: bruneta — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Portuguese: morena — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Russian: шате́н m шате́нка (šatɛ́n) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Slovak: bruneta — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Slovak: brunetka — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Slovak: brunet — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Spanish: castaño — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Spanish: castaña — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Spanish: moreno — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Spanish: morena — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Swedish: brunett — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Turkish: esmer — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Yiddish: ברונעטין (brunetin) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Yiddish: ברונעטקע (brunetke) — a person, especially female, with brown hair
• Yiddish: ברונעט (brunet) — a person, especially female, with brown hair