Meanings
contraction
alternative donno
- contractioninformalpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.
"Where'd he go?" / "Dunno."
2 more examples
I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either.
Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 不知道
- 不知道 (bù zhīdào)do (does) not know
Dutch weet ik niet, kweenie
- weet ik nietdo (does) not know
- kweeniedo (does) not know
- kweetnietdo (does) not know
Finnish ei tiiä
- ei tiiädo (does) not know
French chais pas, chépa
- chais pasdo (does) not know
- chépado (does) not know
German weiß nich
- weiß nichdo (does) not know
Hebrew לוידע
- לוידע (lòydéa)do (does) not know
Hungarian nemtom, gőzöm sincs
- nemtomdo (does) not know
- gőzöm sincsdo (does) not know
Indonesian entah
- entahdo (does) not know
Italian boh
- bohdo (does) not know
Japanese 分からん, 知らん
- 分からん (wakaran)do (does) not know
- 知らん (shiran)do (does) not know
Latin nesciō
- nesciōdo (does) not know
Malay tak tau, tak tahu
- tak taudo (does) not know
- tak tahudo (does) not know
- entahdo (does) not know
Māori aua, aua hoki
- auado (does) not know
- aua hokido (does) not know
- e aua hokido (does) not know
Polish nie wiem, nie wie
- nie wiemdo (does) not know
- nie wiedo (does) not know
- nie znamdo (does) not know
Portuguese sei lá
- sei ládo (does) not know
Russian не знать, не зна́ю
- не знать (ne znatʹ)do (does) not know
- не зна́ю (ne znáju)do (does) not know
- неизве́стно (neizvéstno)do (does) not know
Scottish Gaelic chan eil fhios a'm
- chan eil fhios a'mdo (does) not know
Slovak neviem
- neviemdo (does) not know
Spanish sepa, sabí
- sepado (does) not know
- sabído (does) not know
Swedish venne, vene
- vennedo (does) not know
- venedo (does) not know
- vet intedo (does) not know
Thai มะรุ
- มะรุ (má-rú)do (does) not know
Ukrainian не знаю
- не знаю (ne znaju)do (does) not know
Welsh dwn i ddim, dwn i'm
- dwn i ddimdo (does) not know
- dwn i'mdo (does) not know
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dunno
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APA
dunno. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunno
MLA
“dunno.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunno. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunno,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunno.
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