bruno

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

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

1. brown

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.no/

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• Rhymes: -uno
• Hyphenation: brù‧no

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

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

• orso bruno

bruno m (plural bruni, feminine bruna)

1. a dark-haired person

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

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

1. (dark) brown

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

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

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

1. (rare) dark brown; black

• “bruno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014