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• bru|nette — or bru|net «broo NEHT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. dark colored: »brunette hair. 2. having dark brown or black hair, brown or black eyes, and a dark skin: »a brunette actress. –n. a person having a dark skin, dark brown or black hair, and brown or …   Useful english dictionary

• bru|net — bru|nette or bru|net «broo NEHT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. dark colored: »brunette hair. 2. having dark brown or black hair, brown or black eyes, and a dark skin: »a brunette actress. –n. a person having a dark skin, dark brown or black hair,… …   Useful english dictionary

• brunette — bru•nette [[t]bruˈnɛt[/t]] adj. 1) (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone 2) (of a person) having dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin 3) a person, esp. a female, with such coloration • Etymology: 1705–15; <… …   From formal English to slang

• brunette — bru|nette [bru:ˈnet] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: brun brown ] a woman with dark brown hair …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Brunette — Bru|nette [bry nɛt] die; , n [...tən] <aus fr. brunette »Liebeslied«> einfaches, volkstümliches Lied mit Instrumentalbegleitung, dessen Themen Schäferidylle u. Liebe sind (in Frankreich im 17./18. Jh.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

• brunch — [ brʌntʃ ] noun count or uncount a meal that combines breakfast and lunch and is usually served in the late morning: a special brunch menu brunette or brunet bru|nette or bru|net [ bru net ] noun count a woman with dark brown hair ─ compare BLOND …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• adust sunburned burned brown by the sun — brunet ru*net , Brunette Bru*nette , adj. 1. being or having dark colored skin and hair; contrasted with {blond}. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned brown by the sun}; {black, brown}; {black haired, dark haired}; {browned, suntanned,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• black brown — brunet ru*net , Brunette Bru*nette , adj. 1. being or having dark colored skin and hair; contrasted with {blond}. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned brown by the sun}; {black, brown}; {black haired, dark haired}; {browned, suntanned,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• black-haired dark-haired — brunet ru*net , Brunette Bru*nette , adj. 1. being or having dark colored skin and hair; contrasted with {blond}. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned brown by the sun}; {black, brown}; {black haired, dark haired}; {browned, suntanned,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• browned suntanned tanned — brunet ru*net , Brunette Bru*nette , adj. 1. being or having dark colored skin and hair; contrasted with {blond}. [Narrower terms: {adust, sunburned burned brown by the sun}; {black, brown}; {black haired, dark haired}; {browned, suntanned,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English