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Brunet

Definition: Brunet

Brunet

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "brunet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)


Synonym: Brunet

Synonym: brunette (n). (additional references)
Antonym: blond (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Brunet

Etymologies containing "brunet": Burnet. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Brunet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (dark-haired man), Romanian (dark-haired, muddy, swarthy).

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Commercial Usage: Brunet

DomainTitle

Books

  • Artur Vives i Brunet, miscel¨láania (reference)

  • Le devenir de la nation quâebâecoise : selon Maurice Sâeguin, Guy Frâegault et Michel Brunet, 1944-1969 (reference)

  • Les Carnets du lieutenant-colonel Brunet de Sairignâe (reference)

  • Les mutations dans le milieu rural : actes du Colloque de gâeographie rurale tenu áa Caen les 17 et 18 septembre 1992 en l'honneur de Pierre Brunet (reference)

  • L'histoire de Charles Brunet (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Brunet

"Brunet" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Brunet" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Brunet

The following table summarizes the usage of "brunet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BrunetLast name2,0006,370
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Brunet

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brunet

35

brunet sexy

3

brunet yasmin

29

brunet catherine

3

brunet luiza

18

brunet porn

3

brunet jean marc

15

brunet pussy

3

brunet caroline

8

11 brunet extra

2

brunet island park state

7

sylvie brunet

2

brunet marta

6

brunet genealogy

2

brunet lisa

6

brunet james r

2

brunet pharmacie

5

11 brunet dr extra

2

brunet sex

4

brunet island

2

brunet yasmim

3

brunet sluty

2

brunet michel

3

brunet jean le marc naturiste

2

brunet luisa

3

brunet teen

2

brunet joke

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Brunet

Language Translations for "brunet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

μελαχροινόσ (dark, dark-skinned). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unetbray.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

брюнетка (brunette). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Brunet

Derivations

Words beginning with "brunet": brunets, brunette, brunettes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Brunet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bartunek, Baugniet, Baumet, Brasnett, Breurne, Brintec, Brkne, Brudney, brufen, Brunau, brundt, brune, brunel, brunes, brunett, brunie, brunne, brunner, brunnet, brunni, Brunnich, Brunot, bunet, bunnet, Burdet, burnetii, runet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Brunet"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "brunet" (pronounced bruwne"t)
6b r uw n e" tbrunette.
3-n e" tclarinet, cornet, coronet, Falconet, kitchenette, Luncheonette, net, nett.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Brunet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bunter, burnet.

Words within the letters "b-e-n-r-t-u"

-1 letter: brent, brunt, brute, buret, burnt, rebut, tuber, tuner.

-2 letters: bent, bren, brut, bunt, burn, bute, rent, rube, rune, runt, tern, true, tube, tune, turn, unbe.

-3 letters: ben, bet, bun, bur, but, ern, neb, net, nub, nut, reb, ret, rub, rue, run, rut, ten, tub, tun, urb, urn.

-4 letters: be, en, er, et, ne, nu.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-n-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: blunter, brunets, bunters, burnets, burthen, subrent, tribune, turbine.

 

+2 letters: arbutean, braunite, breadnut, brunette, burgonet, burstone, burthens, buttoner, rebutton, subentry, subrents, subtrend, tribunes, trueborn, turbaned, turbines, turnable, unbitter, urbanest, urbanite.

 

+3 letters: banqueter, blueprint, braunites, breadnuts, brunettes, buhrstone, burgonets, burrstone, burstones, burthened, buttering, butternut, buttoners, curbstone, debenture, embruting, exuberant, heartburn, interclub, outburned, outnumber, overburnt, rebutting, rebuttons, recumbent, subaltern, subcenter, subtrends, sunbather, tenebrous, tenurable, tribunate, turbanned, turbinate, turbulent, turntable, unstabler, urbanites.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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