bruno

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

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. brown

See also

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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

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin brūnus "brown, brunet" (whence also Spanish bruno, French brun), from Frankish *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (brown), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (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

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Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

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Noun

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bruno m (plural bruni, feminine bruna)

  1. a dark-haired person

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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Adjective

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

  1. (dark) brown

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bruno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of brunir

Spanish

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Etymology

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From French brun

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. (rare) dark brown; black

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