Bruno

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

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. Doublet of Brown.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno (countable and uncountable, plural Brunos or Brunoes)

  1. (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1983, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press, published 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. (countable) A surname from Italian.
  3. (folklore) A name for the bear.
  4. A placename
    1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada
    2. A municipality of Piedmont, Italy
    3. A city in Minnesota, United States
    4. A village in Nebraska, United States

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Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno m anim

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Declension

Danish

Proper noun

Bruno

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Dutch

Etymology

From Old High German . Related to bruin.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. a male given name

Estonian

Proper noun

Bruno (genitive , partitive )

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

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German

Pronunciation

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Proper noun

Bruno m or f by sense

  1. a common surname, equivalent to 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 sg (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

  1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Brown

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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 noun.

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

 

  • Hyphenation: Bru‧no

Proper noun

Bruno m (plural Brunos)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Bruno.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bruno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾuno/
  • Rhymes: -uno
  • Syllabification: Bru‧no

Proper noun

Bruno m

  1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bruno c (genitive Brunos)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno