brunet

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɹuˈnɛt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɹuːˈnɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

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.

brunet (plural brunets)

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

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

• Burnet, Butner, beturn, bunter, burnet

brunet

1. sugared, made brown

brunet

1. past participle of brune

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

brunet (not comparable)

1. (now uncommon) brunette, having brown hair

brunet f (plural brunetten, diminutive brunetje n)

1. alternative form of brunette

brunet

1. alternative form of burnet

Borrowed from French brunette.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.nɛt/

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• Rhymes: -unɛt
• Syllabification: bru‧net

brunet m pers (female equivalent brunetka, diminutive brunecik)

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

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

Borrowed from French brunet.

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

1. brunette

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• IPA^(key): [ˈbrunet]

brunet m pers (female equivalent bruneta or brunetka)

1. brunet (dark-haired man)

• “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, 2003–2025