bruno

See also: Bruno, bruño, bruñó, brūno, and brůno

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbruno]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Hyphenation: bru‧no

Noun

bruno (accusative singular brunon, plural brunoj, accusative plural brunojn)

  1. brown

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)
     blanka      griza      nigra
             ruĝa; karmezina              oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna              flava; kremkolora
             limekolora              verda             
             cejanblua; turkisa              lazura              blua
             violkolora; viola; indiga              magenta; purpura              rozokolora

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin brūnus "brown, brunet" (whence also Spanish bruno, French brun), from Frankish *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (brown), from Proto-Indo-European *bher- (shining, brown). Akin to Old Dutch brūn "brown" (Dutch bruin "brown"), Old High German brūn "brown" (German braun "brown"), Old English brūn "brown". More at brown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbru.no/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Hyphenation: brù‧no

Adjective

bruno (feminine bruna, masculine plural bruni, feminine plural brune)

  1. dark gray, almost black
  2. (dark) brown

Derived terms

Noun

bruno m (plural bruni, feminine bruna)

  1. a dark-haired person

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Frankish brūn (brown, dark, shiny), possibly through an Italian intermediate.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾũ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɾu.no/

Adjective

bruno (feminine bruna, masculine plural brunos, feminine plural brunas)

  1. (dark) brown

Noun

bruno m (plural brunos, feminine bruna, feminine plural brunas)

  1. a dark-haired male or female
  2. a dark man or a brunette

Verb

bruno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of brunir

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾuno/ [ˈbɾu.no]
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Syllabification: bru‧no

Adjective

bruno (feminine bruna, masculine plural brunos, feminine plural brunas)

  1. (rare) dark brown; black

Further reading

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