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Bruno

US/ˈbɹunoʊ/

Bruno proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Bruno (countable and uncountable, plural Brunos or Brunoes)

  1. (countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 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, published 2000, →ISBN, page 169
  2. (countable) A surname from Italian.
  3. A name for the bear.
  4. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A municipality of Piedmont, Italy.
  6. A city in Minnesota, United States.
  7. A village in Nebraska, United States.

Bruno meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

Bruno in Hindi

surname
ब्रूनो brūno
male given name
ब्रूनो brūno

Bruno in Marathi

surname
ब्रुनो bruno
male given name
ब्रुनो bruno

Bruno in Bengali

surname
ব্রুনো brunō
male given name
ব্রুনো brunō

Bruno in Arabic

surname
بْرُونُو brūnū
male given name
بْرُونُو brūnū

Forms of Bruno

pluralBrunos
pluralBrunoes

Origin of Bruno

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

Words formed from Bruno

Phrases with Bruno

Words that rhyme with Bruno

Questions about Bruno

What does Bruno mean?
Bruno means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What is Bruno in Hindi?
Bruno in Hindi is ब्रूनो (brūno). See Bruno meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Bruno?
Bruno is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bruno?
Bruno is pronounced /ˈbɹunoʊ/ (US).

Words near Bruno in the dictionary

  1. Brunnian braids
  2. Brunnian link
  3. Brunnian links
  4. Brunning
  5. Brunny
  6. Bruno
  7. brunogeierite
  8. brunoise
  9. brunoised
  10. brunoises
  11. brunoising

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