brunette

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /bɹuːˈnɛt/    美 /bɹuˈnɛt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person, especially female, with brown hair.
    — And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons.
  2. A person, especially female, with brown hair.; A person, especially female, with dark brown hair. dated
    — FOR THE BLONDE. . . […] FOR THE BROWNETTE. . . […] FOR THE REDETTE. . . […] FOR THE BRUNETTE. . . whose coloring is accented with nationally known Barbara Gould beauty aids— […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a brown color or tone. not-comparable
  2. Having brown hair. not-comparable

词形变化

brunet alternative,rare brunettes plural brunet alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
bronde -ette brunetteness bluenette
相关词
blonde noirette

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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