bronze

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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]

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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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Adjective [edit]

bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze)

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

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Verb [edit]

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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  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.

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bronze m (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze (metal)
  2. bronze medal

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Danish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French bronze.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • 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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French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bʁɔ̃z/

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bronze m (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze (metal, work of art)

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Greenlandic [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Danish bronze; see English bronze etymology

Noun [edit]

bronze

  1. bronze

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

see English bronze etymology.

Pronunciation [edit]

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

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bronze m (plural bronzes)

  1. bronze
  2. skin tan

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