dunno

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dunno

  • /ˈdʌnəʊ/ UK
  • /dəˈnəʊ/ UK
  • /dəˈnoʊ/ US

Rhymes with -ʌnəʊ, -əʊ

Where it comes from

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

contraction donno

  1. contraction, informal, pronunciation spelling 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.

noun dunnos · donno

  1. An utterance of the word dunno.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dunegan, dunnyken, dunun, dunghole, doundoun, dunnakin, dunny, dunikin, doon, dundun, danna, dunners, dunsail, duncedom, dunderhead, dunton

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contraction do (does) not know

Españolsepa, sabí
日本語分からん wakaran, 知らん shiran
中文不知道 bù zhīdào
Portuguêssei lá
Françaischais pas, chépa
Deutschweiß nich
Italianoboh
Русскийне знать ne znatʹ, не зна́ю ne znáju, неизве́стно neizvéstno
עבריתלוידע lòydéa

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MLA

"dunno." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dunno. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

dunno. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dunno

Chicago

"dunno." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dunno.

BibTeX
@misc{dunno_2026,
  title = {dunno},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dunno},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}