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 dark brown.
2. (rare) Of a man or boy, having brown or dark brown hair.

Derived terms

• brunetness

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

• Burnet, Butner, beturn, bunter, burnet

Danish

Adjective

brunet

1. sugared, made brown

Inflection

Inflection of brunet

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite 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:

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• Rhymes: -unɛt
• Syllabification: bru‧net

Noun

brunet m pers (female equivalent brunetka, diminutive brunecik)

1. brunet (brown- or dark-brown-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

Related terms

(nouns):

• bruneta
• bruneteczka

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. brunette

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	brunet		brunetă		bruneți	brunete
	definite	brunetul		bruneta		bruneții	brunetele
genitive- dative	indefinite	brunet		brunete		bruneți	brunete
	definite	brunetului		brunetei		bruneților	brunetelor

Slovak

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrunet]

Noun

brunet m pers (female equivalent bruneta or brunetka)

1. brunet (dark-haired man)

Declension

Declension of brunet (pattern chlap)

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

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, 2003–2025