brunette

See also Brünette

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /bɹʊnɛt/
• (UK) IPA: /bɹuːnɛt/

Etymology

French brunette, feminine of brunet, brown

Adjective

brunette (not comparable)

1. Of a woman or girl, having brown or black hair.

Translations

Of a woman having brown or black hair

• Arabic: امرأة ذات شعر بني أو أسود (ar), سمراء (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑髮 (cmn), 黑发 (cmn) (hēifà) (black hair), 棕發 (cmn), 棕发 (cmn) (zōngfà) (brown hair)

• Danish: mørkhåret (da)
• Dutch: brunette (nl)
• Finnish: ruskeaverikkö (fi)
• French: brune (fr) f
• German: brünett (de)
• Greek: καστανή (el) (kastaní) f
• Irish: donn (of males and females), fear donn m, bean dhonn f
• Italian: castana or castana scura, bruna

• Japanese: ブルネット (ja) (burunetto)
• Norwegian: mørkhåret
• Portuguese: morena, castanha clara or castanha escura; bruna, brunícoma, fuscícoma, obscurícoma, marronícoma, castanícoma; maurenícoma,
• Romanian: brunetă
• Russian: тёмноволосая (ru) (tjomnovolósaja)
• Scottish Gaelic: donn & dorcha (of males and females), fear donn/dorcha m, bean dhonn/dhorcha f
• Spanish: castaña clara, castaña oscura, morena, morocha
• Swedish: brunett (sv)
• Turkish: esmer (tr)

Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)

1. A girl or woman with brown or black hair.

Translations

A girl or woman with brown or black hair

• Arabic: سمراء (ar) (samrāʾ) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棕發女子 (cmn), 棕发女子 (cmn) (zōngfànǚzǐ)

• Danish: brunette (da) c
• Finnish: tummaverikkö (fi)
• French: brune (fr) f
• German: Brünette (de) f
• Greek: καστανή (el) (kastaní) f
• Hebrew: ברונטית (he) (brunet'it) f
• Japanese: ブルネット (ja) (burunetto)

• Macedonian: бринета (mk) (brinéta) f, калеша (mk) (káleša) f
• Norwegian: brunette (no) f
• Polish: brunetka (pl) f
• Portuguese: morena (pt) f
• Russian: брюнетка (ru) (brjunétka) f (with black hair), шатенка (ru) (šaténka) f (with brown hair)
• Scottish Gaelic: caileag dhonn/dhorcha f, maighdeann dhonn/dhorcha f, bean dhonn/dhorcha f
• Spanish: morocha (es) f, morena (es) f
• Turkish: esmer (tr)

often with dark eyes and a relatively dark or olive complexion

• French: brune (fr) f
• Macedonian: калеша (mk) (káleša) f
• Portuguese: morena f, maura, mouresca, mauresca

• Spanish: morena f (specifically, dark complexion)
• Turkish: esmer (tr)

See also

• brunet

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /brunɛtə/, [b̥ʁuˈnɛd̥ə]

Noun

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

Inflection

    Inflection of brunette

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	brunette	brunetten	brunetter	brunetterne
genitive	brunettes	brunettens	brunetters	brunetternes

See also

• blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

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Italian

Noun

brunette f

1. Plural form of brunetta