Brunette

brunette







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a. (形容詞 adjective)

          1.    (頭髮等)黑色的;深褐色的

          2.    具黑(或深褐)色頭髮和淺黑色皮膚的

n. (名詞 noun)

          1.    具黑(或深褐)色頭髮和淺黑色皮膚的女子[C]





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



brunet, brunette (adj., n.) 

   

The adjective describes someone of relatively dark coloring, of hair especially (compare BLOND), with the brunet spelling supposed to be applied to males, brunette to females. 



In fact both spellings refer usually to females (a man more often will be called“dark-haired”), although brunette is the usual generic spelling, especially for the noun. 



Edited English tries to keep the masculine-feminine spelling distinction, but in lower levels practice is less rigid.