"dunno" meaning in English

See dunno in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /ˈdʌnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈnoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dunno.wav
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ, (General American, after a stressed pronoun) -oʊ Etymology: Written form of don't know, which is a reduction of do not know or does not know. Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} dunno, {{en-cont}} dunno
  1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know. Tags: alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: do not know (extra: pronunciation spelling of does not know) Derived forms: iunno Translations (do (does) not know): 不知道 (bù zhīdào) (Chinese Mandarin), weet ik niet (Dutch), kweenie (Dutch), kweetniet (Dutch), tiiä (Finnish), chais pas [colloquial] (French), weiß nich [colloquial] (German), לוידע (lòydéa) (Hebrew), nemtom (Hungarian), gőzöm sincs (Hungarian), boh [colloquial] (Italian), 分からん (wakaran) (Japanese), 知らん (shiran) (Japanese), nescio (Latin), tak tau (Malay), tak tahu (Malay), entah (Malay), aua (Maori), aua hoki (Maori), e aua hoki (Maori), माहीत नाही (māhīt nāhī) (Marathi), nie wiem (Polish), nie wie (Polish), sei lá [colloquial] (Portuguese), не знать (ne znatʹ) (Russian), не зна́ю (ne znáju) (Russian), неизве́стно (neizvéstno) (Russian), chan eil fhios a'm [colloquial] (Scottish Gaelic), sepa [Mexico, colloquial] (Spanish), sabí [Chile] (Spanish), venne [colloquial] (Swedish), vene [colloquial] (Swedish), vet inte (Swedish), มะรุ (má-rú) (Thai), не знаю (ne znaju) (Ukrainian), dwn i ddim (Welsh), dwn i'm (Welsh)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈnəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dəˈnoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-dunno.wav Forms: dunnos [plural]
Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ, (General American, after a stressed pronoun) -oʊ Etymology: Written form of don't know, which is a reduction of do not know or does not know. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dunno (plural dunnos)
  1. An utterance of the word dunno.
    Sense id: en-dunno-en-noun-WBxpUvK3

Inflected forms

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          "know",
          "know#English"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bù zhīdào",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "不知道"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "kweenie"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "kweetniet"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "tiiä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "chais pas"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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          "word": "weiß nich"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lòydéa",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "לוידע"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "nemtom"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "gőzöm sincs"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "分からん"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shiran",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "知らん"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "nescio"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "tak tau"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "tak tahu"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "entah"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "aua"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "aua hoki"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "e aua hoki"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "māhīt nāhī",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "माहीत नाही"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "nie wiem"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "nie wie"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "sei lá"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne znatʹ",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "не знать"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ne znáju",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "не зна́ю"
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        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neizvéstno",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "неизве́стно"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "chan eil fhios a'm"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "sepa"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "sabí"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "venne"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "do (does) not know",
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          "word": "vene"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "vet inte"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "má-rú",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "มะรุ"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ne znaju",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "не знаю"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "do (does) not know",
          "word": "dwn i ddim"
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        {
          "ref": "1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:",
          "text": "Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not#English"
        ],
        [
          "know",
          "know#English"
        ],
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          "pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "does",
          "does#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know."
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌnəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈnəʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈnoʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/dn̩oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ˈaɪdn̩oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(Received Pronunciation) -əʊ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(General American, after a stressed pronoun) -oʊ"
    }
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù zhīdào",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "不知道"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "weet ik niet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "kweenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "kweetniet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "tiiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "chais pas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "weiß nich"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lòydéa",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "לוידע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "nemtom"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "gőzöm sincs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "boh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wakaran",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "分からん"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiran",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "知らん"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "nescio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "tak tau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "tak tahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "entah"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "aua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "aua hoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "e aua hoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "māhīt nāhī",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "माहीत नाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "nie wiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "nie wie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "sei lá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne znatʹ",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "не знать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ne znáju",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "не зна́ю"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neizvéstno",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "неизве́стно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "chan eil fhios a'm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "sepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "sabí"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "venne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "vene"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "vet inte"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "má-rú",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "มะรุ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ne znaju",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "не знаю"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "dwn i ddim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "do (does) not know",
      "word": "dwn i'm"
    }
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    "reduction (linguistics)"
  ],
  "word": "dunno"
}

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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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      "ipa": "/dəˈnəʊ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/dəˈnoʊ/",
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      "other": "/ˈaɪdn̩oʊ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "(General American, after a stressed pronoun) -oʊ"
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}

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