Uno

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uno"

Translingual

Symbol

Uno

1. (chemistry) Systematic chemical symbol for unniloctium, now named hassium.

   Synonym: Hs

English

Etymology 1

Logo

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish uno (“one”); players must call "uno" when down to their last card. Doublet of one.

Alternative forms

• UNO

Proper noun

Uno

1. A card game similar to crazy eights, played with specially printed cards that have colours instead of suits.
   • 2025 June 29, Charlotte Hilton Andersen, “Here Are the Official Uno Rules—And the Super-Fun Unofficial Ones Too”, in Reader's Digest‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 November 2025:

     With five kids, I’ve played a lot of Uno over the years, and I’m going to be honest: Uno is less of a card game and more of a test of your fortitude and moral character.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Uno.

Translations

a card game played with special cards

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏諾 / 乌诺 (zh) (wūnuò)

• Dutch: Uno
• Finnish: Uno (fi)
• French: Uno (fr)
• German: Uno (de) n
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: UNO (uno), ウノ (uno)
• Korean: 우노 (uno)
• Portuguese: uno (pt) m
• Russian: У́но (Úno)
• Spanish: Uno m
• Thai: อูโน่

Further reading

• Uno (card game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 宇野 (Uno) or うの (Uno).

Proper noun

Uno (plural Unos)

1. A female given name from Japanese.
2. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Uno is the 41799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Uno is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.15%), White (10.77%) and Mixed Race (10.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Uno”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Uno (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uno (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nuo, ONU, nou

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuno/

Proper noun

Uno

1. a male given name, equivalent to Swedish Uno

Related terms

• Uuno

Italian

Pronoun

Uno (invariable)

1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of uno, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Japanese

Romanization

Uno

1. Rōmaji transcription of うの

Swedish

Etymology

Latinized form of Une, from Old Norse Uni, related to una "to be satisfied, happy". By folk etymology associated with Latin unus (“one”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uno c (genitive Unos)

1. a male given name