brunet

See also: Brunet

English

Etymology

From French brunet. Compare also Middle English brunet, burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, which is the same word.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

brunet (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or black.
2. (rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or black hair.

Noun

brunet (plural brunets)

1. (rare) A man or boy with brown or black hair.

Usage notes

Brunet is the masculine form of brunette. It is rarely used.

Anagrams

• Burnet, Butner, beturn, bunter, burnet

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Danish

Adjective

brunet

1. sugared, made brown

Inflection

Inflection of brunet
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	brunet	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	brunet	—	—2
Plural	brunede	—	—2
Definite attributive1	brunede	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Verb

brunet

1. past participle of brune

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bryˈnɛt/
• Hyphenation: bru‧net
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

brunet (not comparable)

1. (now uncommon) brunette, having brown hair

Inflection

Declension of brunet
uninflected	brunet
inflected	-
comparative	-er
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		brunet	-er	het brunetst het brunetste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	-	-ere	brunetste
	n. sing.	brunet	-er	brunetste
	plural	-	-ere	brunetste
definite		-	-ere	brunetste
partitive		brunets	-ers	—

Noun

brunet f (plural brunetten, diminutive brunetje n)

1. Alternative form of brunette.

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

brunet m pers (female equivalent brunetka, diminutive brunecik)

1. brunet (dark haired man)

Declension

Declension of brunet

	singular	plural
nominative	brunet	bruneci/brunety (deprecative)
genitive	bruneta	brunetów
dative	brunetowi	brunetom
accusative	bruneta	brunetów
instrumental	brunetem	brunetami
locative	brunecie	brunetach
vocative	brunecie	bruneci

Antonyms

• blondyn

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruɲet]

Noun

brunet m (feminine brunetka)

1. brunet (dark haired man)

Declension

Declension of brunet

	singular	plural
nominative	brunet	bruneti
genitive	bruneta	brunetov
dative	brunetovi	brunetom
accusative	bruneta	brunetov
locative	brunetovi	brunetoch
instrumental	brunetom	brunetmi

Related terms

• bruneta
• brunetka

Further reading

• “brunet”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024