brunette

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Thân thiện

A young brunette woman reads a book in the park.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Having dark brown or black hair, often accompanied by relatively dark skin or eye pigmentation.
   • Describing a person, typically a woman, with such coloring.

2. Noun:

   • A person, especially a woman, with dark brown or black hair.

Usage

• The word is most commonly used to describe a woman's hair color and overall coloring.
• It can be used as both a descriptive adjective and a noun to categorize a person based on this trait.
• While traditionally associated with women, it can be used for men, though "brunet" is the less common masculine form.

Examples

• Adjective:

  • She is a brunette woman with striking green eyes.
  • He prefers brunette hair to blonde.

• Noun:

  • The actress is a natural brunette.
  • Brunettes and blondes sat together at the table.

Advanced Usage

• "A tall brunette": A common descriptive phrase specifying both height and hair color.

  • A tall brunette entered the room and everyone turned to look.

• "Brunette beauty": A classic phrase used to compliment a woman with dark hair.

  • The painting was of a classic brunette beauty from the Renaissance era.

Variants and Related Words

• Brunet (adj/noun): The masculine form of the word, though "brunette" is now often used for all genders.

  • He was a handsome brunet.

• Brunetteness (noun, rare): The state or quality of being brunette.

Synonyms

• Dark-haired: Having hair that is dark in color.
• Brown-haired: Specifically having brown hair.

Antonyms

• Blonde (adj/noun): Having light-colored or yellow hair.
• Redhead (noun): A person with red hair.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
   • a brunette beauty

Noun

1. a person with dark (brown) hair

Từ đồng nghĩa

• brunet