bronze

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[edit] English

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A bronze medallion

[edit] Etymology

From Italian bronzo, from bronzino, from Latin aes Brundisinum (“Brindisi brass”). Otherwise from Persian برنج (birinj, “brass”).

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bronze (countable and uncountable; plural bronzes)

  1. (uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
  2. (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
    bronze colour:    
  3. (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
  4. A bronze medal

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alloy
colour
work of art made of bronze
bronze medal — see bronze medal
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[edit] Adjective

bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze)

  1. Made of bronze metal.
  2. Having a reddish-brown colour.
  3. (of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

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terms derived from bronze

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made of bronze
having a bronze colour
tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun

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

  1. (transitive) To plate with bronze.
    My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.
  2. (transitive) To color bronze.
  3. (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.

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to plate with bronze
to color bronze
to tan — see tan

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bronze m. (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze (metal)
  2. bronze medal

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[edit] Danish

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From French bronze.

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  • IPA: /brɔnɡsə/, [ˈb̥ʁʌŋsə]

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bronze c. (singular definite bronzen, plural indefinite bronzer)

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

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

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bronze m. (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze (metal, work of art)

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Danish bronze; see English bronze etymology

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bronze

  1. bronze

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

see English bronze etymology.

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  • IPA: /'bɾõzɪ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA: /'bɾõze/

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bronze m. (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze
  2. skin tan

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