brunet

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

brunet (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Noun

brunet (plural brunets)

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

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

brunet (not comparable)

  1. (now uncommon) brunette, having brown hair

Declension

Declension of brunet
uninflected brunet
inflected brunette
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial brunet
indefinite m./f. sing. brunette
n. sing. brunet
plural brunette
definite brunette
partitive brunets

Noun

brunet f (plural brunetten, diminutive brunetje n)

  1. Alternative form of brunette

Middle English

Noun

brunet

  1. Alternative form of burnet

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbru.nɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -unɛt
  • Syllabification: bru‧net

Noun

brunet m pers (female equivalent brunetka, diminutive brunecik)

  1. brunet (brown- or dark-brown-haired man)

Declension

nouns

Further reading

  • brunet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brunet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunet.

Pronunciation

Adjective

brunet m or n (feminine singular brunetă, masculine plural bruneți, feminine and neuter plural brunete)

  1. brunette

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

brunet m pers (female equivalent brunetabrunetka)

  1. brunet (dark haired man)

Declension

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