Bruno

See also: bruno, bruño, bruñó, and brūno

English

Etymology

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (brown). The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹunoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -uːnəʊ

Proper noun

Bruno

  1. A male given name.
    • 1983 Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press (2000), →ISBN, page 169:
      He was the man who brought us those great bruising, bristle-chinned teams, with players who had fearsome names like Bruno and Bulldog.
  2. A surname.
  3. (folklore) A name for the bear.
  4. A city in Minnesota
  5. A village in Nebraska
  6. A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
  7. A town in Saskatchewan

Translations

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbruno]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

Danish

Proper noun

Bruno

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁy.no/

Proper noun

Bruno

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Bruno

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

Italian

Etymology

Saint's name of Germanic origin, cognate to English Bruno. The surname also originates as a nickname from bruno (brown), cognate with English Brown.

Proper noun

Bruno ?

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.
  2. A common surname, equivalent to the English Brown.

Latin

Etymology

Latinisation of names of the form Brūn in Proto-Germanic and/or its descendant languages, deriving from the root *brūnaz (brown): Germanic Brūn + Latin (suffix forming masculine personal names).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Brown

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Brūnō
Genitive Brūnōnis
Dative Brūnōnī
Accusative Brūnōnem
Ablative Brūnōne
Vocative Brūnō

Derived terms

Noun

Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

  1. any man named “Bruno” or an equivalent, a Bruno

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Brūnō Brūnōnēs
Genitive Brūnōnis Brūnōnum
Dative Brūnōnī Brūnōnibus
Accusative Brūnōnem Brūnōnēs
Ablative Brūnōne Brūnōnibus
Vocative Brūnō Brūnōnēs

Further reading


Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Cognate to German and English Bruno.

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Bruno was the only given name of 1104 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Slovak

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrunɔ/

Proper noun

Bruno m (genitive Bruna, nominative plural Brunovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Brunko

Further reading

  • Bruno in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrʉːnʊ/

Proper noun

Bruno c (genitive Brunos)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno
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