bronze

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English [edit]

WOTD – 21 February 2010

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A bronze medallion

Etymology [edit]

1730-40; from French bronze (1511), from Italian bronzo (13th cent.), either (1) from Byzantine Greek βροντησίον (brontēsíon) (11th cent.), presumably from Βρεντήσιον (Brentḗsion) ‘Brindisi’, known for the manufacture of bronze,^[1] or (2) ultimately from Persian برنج (birinj, biranj, “brass”) ~ پرنگ (piring) ‘copper’.^[2]

Pronunciation [edit]

(UK) IPA: /bɹɒnz/, X-SAMPA: /brQnz/
(US) IPA: /bɹɑnz/, X-SAMPA: /brAnz/
Rhymes: -ɒnz

Noun [edit]

bronze (countable and uncountable; plural bronzes)

(uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
(countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

bronze colour:
(countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
A bronze medal

Translations [edit]

alloy

Arabic: برونز (ar) (bruunz) m
Armenian: բրոնզ (hy) (bronz)
Bulgarian: бронз (bg) (bronz) m
Catalan: bronze m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 青銅 (cmn), 青铜 (cmn) (qīngtóng)
Czech: bronz (cs) m
Danish: bronze (da)
Dutch: brons (nl) n
Esperanto: bronzo (eo)
Estonian: pronks (et)
Finnish: pronssi (fi)
French: bronze (fr) m, airain (fr) m
Georgian: ბრინჯაო (ka) (brinǰao)
German: Bronze (de) f
Greek: ορείχαλκος (el) (oríkhalkos) m, μπρούντζος (el) (brú[n]dzos) m
Hebrew: ארד (he) (arad) m
Hindi: कांसा (hi) (kā̃sā), कांसी (hi) (kā̃sī)
Ido: bronzo
Italian: bronzo (it) m
Japanese: 青銅 (ja) (せいどう, seidō)

Korean: 청동 (ko) (cheongdong) (青銅 (ko))
Latin: aes (la) n
Malay: gangsa (ms), perunggu (ms)
Navajo: béésh łichíiʼii
Nepali: काँसो (ne) (kā̃so)
Norwegian: bronse (no) m
Persian: برنز (fa) (bronz)
Polish: brąz (pl) m
Portuguese: bronze (pt) m
Rajasthani: कांसी (kā̃sī), कांही (kā̃hī)
Romanian: bronz (ro) n
Russian: бронза (ru) (brónza) f
Sanskrit: कांस्य (sa) (kāṃsya)
Slovene: bron (sl) m
Spanish: bronce (es) m
Swedish: brons (sv)
Telugu: కంచు (te) (kaMchu)
Turkish: bronz (tr), tunç (tr)
Urdu: کانسا (ur) (kā̃sā), کانسی (ur) (kā̃sī)
Volapük: bronsöt
Welsh: efydd (cy) m

colour

Catalan: bronze m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 青銅色 (cmn), 青铜色 (cmn) (qīngtóngsè)
Czech: bronzová f
Danish: bronze (da) c
Dutch: bronskleur f
Finnish: pronssi (fi)
French: bronze (fr)
German: Bronze (de) f
Greek: μπρούντζινο (brú[n]dzino) n, ερυθρόφαιο (erithrófeo) n
Italian: bronzo (it) m

Japanese: 青銅色 (ja) (せいどうしょく, seidōshoku)
Malay: gangsa (ms)
Norwegian: bronse (no) m, bronsefarge (no) m
Polish: brąz (pl) m
Portuguese: bronze (pt) m
Romanian: bronz (ro) n
Russian: бронзовый (ru) (brónzovyj)
Slovene: bronca (sl) f
Spanish: bronce m, broncíneo m, broncínea f
Swedish: bronsfärg (sv)
Welsh: efydd m

work of art made of bronze

Danish: (rare) bronze (da) c
Finnish: pronssiteos (fi)

Romanian: bronz (ro) n
Spanish: obra de arte hecha de bronce (es)

bronze medal — see bronze medal

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Translations to be checked

Asturian: bronce
Indonesian: perunggu
Low German: bronze
Maori: parāhe

Adjective [edit]

bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze)

Made of bronze metal.
- 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:
  
  The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Having a reddish-brown colour.
(of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from bronze

Translations [edit]

made of bronze

Bulgarian: бронзов (bg) (bronzov)
Chinese traditional/simplified: 青銅製的, 青铜製的 (qīng tóng jì de)
Czech: bronzový (cs) m
Danish: (compounds with) bronze (da) c
Dutch: bronzen (nl)
Finnish: pronssinen (fi)
German: bronzen (de)

Italian: bronzeo (it)
Japanese: 青銅製の (せいどうせいの seidousei no), ブロンズ製の (buronzusei no)
Malay: gangsa (ms)
Polish: brązowy (pl)
Portuguese: brônzeo
Russian: бронзовый (ru) (brónzovyj)
Slovene: bronast

having a bronze colour

Catalan: bronze m
Chinese traditional/simplified: 青銅色的, 青铜色的 (qīng tóng sè de)
Czech: bronzový (cs) m
Danish: bronzefarvet (da)
Dutch: bronskleurig
Finnish: pronssinvärinen (fi)
German: bronzen (de)
Italian: bronzeo (it)

Japanese: 青銅色の (せいどういろの seidouiro no), ブロンズ色の (buronzuiro no)
Malay: gangsa (ms)
Norwegian: bronsefarget (no)
Polish: brązowy (pl)
Portuguese: bronze, bronzeado, brônzeo
Slovene: bronast
Swedish: bronsfärgad (sv)

tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun

Finnish: ruskettunut (fi)
French: hâlé (fr), bronzé (fr), tanné par le soleil

Italian: abbronzato (it)
Spanish: tostado (es), bronceado (es)

Verb [edit]

bronze (third-person singular simple present bronzes, present participle bronzing, simple past and past participle bronzed)

(transitive) To plate with bronze.

My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
(transitive) To color bronze.
(intransitive, of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- 2006, Melissa Lassor, "Out of Darkness", page 124 in Watching Time
  
  His skin began to bronze as he worked in our garden each day.

Translations [edit]

to plate with bronze

Danish: bronzere (da)
Finnish: pronssata (fi)

Norwegian: bronse (no), bronsere (no)
Spanish: pavonar (es)

to color bronze

Danish: bronzere (da)
Finnish: pronssata (fi)

Norwegian: bronse (no), bronsere (no)

to tan — see tan

Anagrams [edit]

bonzer

References [edit]

^ Originally, Berthelot, Journal des Savants, 1888, p. 677.
^ Originally, Karl Lokotsch, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs. (Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1927), p. 1657.

Catalan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /ˈbɾonzə/, X-SAMPA: /"b4onz@/

Noun [edit]

bronze m (plural bronzes)

bronze (metal)
bronze medal

Derived terms [edit]

Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French bronze.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /brɔnɡsə/, [ˈb̥ʁʌŋsə]

Noun [edit]

bronze c (singular definite bronzen, plural indefinite bronzer)

(uncountable) bronze (element; colour)
(countable) bronze (work of art made of bronze), bronze medal

Inflection [edit]

Inflection of bronze

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	bronze	bronzen	bronzer	bronzerne
genitive	bronzes	bronzens	bronzers	bronzernes

External links [edit]

Bronze on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /bʁɔ̃z/

Noun [edit]

bronze m (plural bronzes)

bronze (metal, work of art)

Derived terms [edit]

mouler un bronze

Anagrams [edit]

bornez

Greenlandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Danish bronze; see English bronze etymology

Noun [edit]

bronze

bronze

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

see English bronze etymology.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /ˈbɾõzɪ/
(South Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɾõze/

Noun [edit]

bronze m (plural bronzes)

bronze
skin tan

Related terms [edit]

[1] Originally, Berthelot, Journal des Savants, 1888, p. 677.

[2] Originally, Karl Lokotsch, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs. (Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1927), p. 1657.

[1]

[2]

bronze

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