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Bruno
Bruno
English
Proper noun
Bruno
- A male given name.
- 1983 Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press (2000), ISBN 0226730727, 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.
- 1983 Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press (2000), ISBN 0226730727, page 169:
- A surname.
- (folklore) A name for the bear.
- A city in Minnesota
- A village in Nebraska
- A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
- A town in Saskatchewan
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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 ?
- A male given name.
- A common surname.
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 -ō (suffix forming masculine personal names).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbruː.noː/
Proper noun
Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension
- 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
- 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 |
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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
- A male given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- Population Register of Latvia: Bruno was the only given name of 1104 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
bruno
bruno
Italian
Adjective
bruno m (feminine singular bruna, masculine plural bruni, feminine plural brune)
- (dark) brown
Derived terms
Noun
bruno m (plural bruni, feminine bruna)
- a dark-haired person
Portuguese
Etymology
From Frankish *brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), possibly through an Italian intermediate.
Adjective
bruno m (feminine singular bruna, masculine plural brunos, feminine plural brunas, comparable)
- (dark) brown
Noun
bruno m (plural brunos, feminine bruna, feminine plural brunas)
- a dark-haired male or female
- a dark man or a brunette