different between brunette vs chestnut

English

Alternative forms

• brunet

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”). Doublet of burnet.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /b?u?n?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b?u?n?t/
• Hyphenation: bru?nette
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

brunette (not comparable)

1. (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2. (of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

Translations

Noun

brunette (plural brunettes)

1. A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.

See also

• blonde
• noirette

Translations

Anagrams

• Buettner, Burnette

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette, the feminine form of brunet, from brun (“brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brun?t?/, [b??u?n?d??]

Noun

brunette c (singular definite brunetten, plural indefinite brunetter)

1. brunette (a girl or woman with brown or black hair)

Inflection

See also

• blondine ("blonde", a blond female)

Dutch

Alternative forms

• bruinet (archaic)
• bruinette (archaic)
• brunet

Etymology

Borrowed from French brunette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bry?n?.t?/
• Hyphenation: bru?net?te
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

brunette f (plural brunettes or brunetten, diminutive brunetje n or brunettetje n)

1. brunette (brown-haired or dark-haired female)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: brunet

Adjective

brunette

1. Inflected form of brunet
2. Dated form of brunet.

Italian

Noun

brunette f

1. plural of brunetta

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

brunette f or m (definite singular brunetta or brunetten, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

1. a brunette (woman or girl with dark brown hair)

References

• “brunette” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French brunette

Noun

brunette f (definite singular brunetta, indefinite plural brunetter, definite plural brunettene)

1. a brunette (as above)

References

• “brunette” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

Formerly chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, Middle English chesteyne, chasteine, from Old English ?isten and reinforced by Old French chastaigne, both from Latin cast?nea, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kastáneia).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t??s.n?t/, /?t??st.n?t/

Noun

chestnut (countable and uncountable, plural chestnuts)

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
2. A nut of this tree or shrub.
3. (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.

4. A reddish-brown horse.
5. (uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
6. An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
7. A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.

   Synonym: night eye

8. (Britain) The horse-chestnut.

Synonyms

• (tree): chestnut tree

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Gujarati: ??????? (ces?ana?)

Translations

Adjective

chestnut (not comparable)

1. Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

Translations

Related terms

• castanet

See also

• chestnut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Chesnutt