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brunette

/bruːˈnet/noun

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गहरे भूरे बालों वाली स्त्री

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noun
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    a white woman or girl with dark brown hair

    गहरे भूरे बालों वाली स्त्री

    • a tall, slim brunette
    • The brunette at the reception desk smiled and handed me the registration form.
    • The brunette sitting by the window was reading a newspaper.
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    • Aisha's friend is a petite brunette with a quick laugh.
    • The detective described the suspect as a tall brunette in a blue coat.

    Opposite blonde redhead

adjective
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    (of hair) dark brown

    (बाल) गहरे भूरे रंग के

    • She dyed her hair brunette.
    • The actress went brunette for her next film role.
    • Her brunette hair shone in the afternoon sun.
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    • He has brunette curls just like his mother.
    • The model had brunette hair cut to her shoulders.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

brunette (noun, female)

As a noun it normally refers to a woman or girl with dark brown hair. It is countable: a brunette, two brunettes.

Noun के रूप में यह प्रायः गहरे भूरे बालों वाली महिला या लड़की के लिए आता है। यह countable है।

  • The film has a blonde and a brunette in the lead roles.
  • She is a striking brunette.

brunette (adjective)

As an adjective it describes hair colour: brunette hair. The noun hair is uncountable.

Adjective के रूप में यह बालों का रंग बताता है: brunette hair। 'Hair' uncountable noun है।

  • She has long brunette hair.
  • The brunette model walked on stage.

brunette vs brunet

The form brunet is for a man or boy, but it is rare. Most speakers use dark-haired or brown-haired for males.

पुरुष या लड़के के लिए 'brunet' रूप है, पर यह दुर्लभ है। पुरुषों के लिए प्रायः 'dark-haired' या 'brown-haired' प्रयोग होता है।

  • Her brother is dark-haired.
  • A brunet lad stood in the queue.

brunette: article use

As a singular noun it needs an article: she is a brunette. As an adjective it goes before the noun.

Singular noun के रूप में इसके साथ article चाहिए: she is a brunette।

  • Radhika is a brunette.
+Collocations 4

adjective + brunette

tallslimprettynaturalpetite

  • A tall brunette stood at the door.

brunette + noun

hairmodelactressgirlwoman

  • The brunette model smiled for the camera.

verb + brunette

bedyegoturnlook

  • She dyed her hair brunette for the wedding.

hair colour set

blonderedheadgreyblackauburn

  • She is a brunette, not a blonde.
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  • The brunette in the red saree is my cousin.

लाल साड़ी वाली गहरे भूरे बालों वाली लड़की मेरी चचेरी बहन है।

  • She dyed her hair brunette before the interview.

उसने साक्षात्कार से पहले अपने बाल गहरे भूरे रंग में रंगवाए।

  • The novel describes a brunette with dark eyes.

उपन्यास में गहरे भूरे बालों और काली आँखों वाली लड़की का वर्णन है।

  • Radhika is a brunette like her mother.

राधिका अपनी माँ की तरह गहरे भूरे बालों वाली है।

  • Both the brunettes in the choir sang beautifully.

गायक-मंडली की दोनों गहरे भूरे बालों वाली लड़कियों ने सुंदर गाया।

  • The brunette in the photograph is the new class monitor.

फ़ोटो में गहरे भूरे बालों वाली लड़की नई कक्षा-मॉनिटर है।

  • In the old film the heroine was a brunette with long curls.

पुरानी फ़िल्म में नायिका लंबे घुँघराले गहरे भूरे बालों वाली थी।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ She is brunette girl.

✓ She is a brunette girl.

A singular countable noun phrase needs an article after is.

'Is' के बाद singular countable noun phrase के साथ article चाहिए।

✗ She has brunette hairs.

✓ She has brunette hair.

Hair is uncountable for the whole head of hair, so it has no plural here.

पूरे सिर के बालों के लिए 'hair' uncountable है, इसलिए यहाँ इसका plural नहीं बनता।