Standard Lemma guide

dunno

contraction · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌnəʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /dəˈnəʊ/
  • General-American: /dəˈnoʊ/
  • General-American:
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌnəʊ
  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 N OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

contraction

Meaning 1

Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, contraction, informal, pronunciation-spelling

Examples

  • I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either.
  • "Where'd he go?" / "Dunno."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An utterance of the word dunno.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Written form of an informal pronunciation of don't know that is a reduction of do not know or does not know.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 不知道 (bù zhīdào) — do (does) not know
  • Dutch: weet ik niet — do (does) not know
  • Dutch: kweenie — do (does) not know
  • Dutch: kweetniet — do (does) not know
  • Finnish: ei tiiä — do (does) not know
  • French: chais pas — do (does) not know
  • French: chépa — do (does) not know
  • German: weiß nich — do (does) not know
  • Hebrew: לוידע (lòydéa) — do (does) not know
  • Hungarian: nemtom — do (does) not know
  • Hungarian: gőzöm sincs — do (does) not know
  • Italian: boh — do (does) not know
  • Japanese: 分からん (wakaran) — do (does) not know
  • Japanese: 知らん (shiran) — do (does) not know
  • Latin: nesciō — do (does) not know
  • Malay: tak tau — do (does) not know
  • Malay: tak tahu — do (does) not know
  • Malay: entah — do (does) not know
  • Māori: aua — do (does) not know
  • Māori: aua hoki — do (does) not know
  • Māori: e aua hoki — do (does) not know
  • Marathi: माहीत नाही (māhīt nāhī) — do (does) not know
  • Polish: nie wiem — do (does) not know
  • Polish: nie wie — do (does) not know
  • Polish: nie znam — do (does) not know
  • Portuguese: sei lá — do (does) not know
  • Russian: не знать (ne znatʹ) — do (does) not know
  • Russian: не зна́ю (ne znáju) — do (does) not know
  • Russian: неизве́стно (neizvéstno) — do (does) not know
  • Scottish Gaelic: chan eil fhios a'm — do (does) not know
  • Slovak: neviem — do (does) not know
  • Spanish: sepa — do (does) not know
  • Spanish: sabí — do (does) not know
  • Swedish: venne — do (does) not know
  • Swedish: vene — do (does) not know
  • Swedish: vet inte — do (does) not know
  • Thai: มะรุ (má-rú) — do (does) not know
  • Ukrainian: не знаю (ne znaju) — do (does) not know
  • Welsh: dwn i ddim — do (does) not know
  • Welsh: dwn i'm — do (does) not know