dunno

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English

Etymology

Written form of don't know, which is a reduction of do not know or does not know.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʌnəʊ/, /dəˈnəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dəˈnoʊ/; (after a stressed pronoun) /dn̩oʊ/ (e.g. I dunno is /ˈaɪdn̩oʊ/)
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  • Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ, (General American, after a stressed pronoun) -oʊ

Contraction

dunno

  1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.
    I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either.
    "Where'd he go?" / "Dunno."

Usage notes

As with several other verbs in English that regularly do not require a pronoun, when the pronoun is not given, it is assumed to be I; all other pronouns must be given. It is never mandatory to drop I, although it is most common to do so when dunno is the only word in the sentence.

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Translations

Noun

dunno (plural dunnos)

  1. An utterance of the word dunno.

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