bruno

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

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 High German brūn "brown" (German braun "brown"), Old English brūn "brown". More at brown.

• Rhymes: -uno

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

1. (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 m (feminine singular bruna, masculine plural brunos, feminine plural brunas, comparable)

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