bronzer

English

A bronzer

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English bronze

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English bronzer

From bronze (“to tan skin”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

Noun

bronzer (plural bronzers)

1. A cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan.

   Coordinate term: spray tan

   • 1981, Mario Badescu, Mario Badescu's Skin Care Program for Men:

     Bronzers, you see, contain alcohol, which can't help but be drying to the skin.

   • 1984, Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics:

     Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.

   • 2025 January 20, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Brimful of menace? Melania strikes sombre note at Trump inauguration”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     With his signature bronzer, Trump seems to be aiming for a weathered ruggedness, perhaps. He is playing the macho cowboy who just rode into town.

Descendants

• → Dutch: bronzer

Translations

cosmetic product

• Afrikaans: verbronser
• Dutch: bronzer (nl) m
• French: autobronzant (fr) m
• German: Selbstbräuner (de) m
• Irish: donnaitheoir m
• Polish: bronzer (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: bronzeador (pt) m

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English bronze

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Germanic *-izô

Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō

Proto-Germanic *-ōzô

Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō

Old English -ra

Middle English -ere

English -er

English bronzer

From bronze + -er (comparative suffix).

Adjective

bronzer

1. (rare) comparative form of bronze: more bronze

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bronzer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔn.zər/

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• Hyphenation: bron‧zer
• Rhymes: -ɔnzər

Noun

bronzer m (plural bronzers, no diminutive)

1. (cosmetics) bronzer

Related terms

• brons
• bronzen

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bronzer”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• bronzer on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Etymology

From bronze +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁɔ̃.ze/

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Verb

bronzer

1. (transitive) to bronze (plate with bronze)
2. (transitive or reflexive) to tan, bronze

   Hyponym: hâler

3. (intransitive) to tan, bronze, catch a tan

   Hyponyms: se griller la couenne, se rôtir la couenne

Conjugation

Conjugation of bronzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bronzer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bronzant /bʁɔ̃.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bronzé /bʁɔ̃.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bronze /bʁɔ̃z/	bronzes /bʁɔ̃z/	bronze /bʁɔ̃z/	bronzons /bʁɔ̃.zɔ̃/	bronzez /bʁɔ̃.ze/	bronzent /bʁɔ̃z/
	imperfect	bronzais /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/	bronzais /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/	bronzait /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/	bronzions /bʁɔ̃.zjɔ̃/	bronziez /bʁɔ̃.zje/	bronzaient /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/
	past historic2	bronzai /bʁɔ̃.ze/	bronzas /bʁɔ̃.za/	bronza /bʁɔ̃.za/	bronzâmes /bʁɔ̃.zam/	bronzâtes /bʁɔ̃.zat/	bronzèrent /bʁɔ̃.zɛʁ/
	future	bronzerai /bʁɔ̃z.ʁe/	bronzeras /bʁɔ̃z.ʁa/	bronzera /bʁɔ̃z.ʁa/	bronzerons /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɔ̃/	bronzerez /bʁɔ̃z.ʁe/	bronzeront /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bronzerais /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/	bronzerais /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/	bronzerait /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/	bronzerions /bʁɔ̃.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	bronzeriez /bʁɔ̃.zə.ʁje/	bronzeraient /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	bronze /bʁɔ̃z/	bronzes /bʁɔ̃z/	bronze /bʁɔ̃z/	bronzions /bʁɔ̃.zjɔ̃/	bronziez /bʁɔ̃.zje/	bronzent /bʁɔ̃z/
	imperfect2	bronzasse /bʁɔ̃.zas/	bronzasses /bʁɔ̃.zas/	bronzât /bʁɔ̃.za/	bronzassions /bʁɔ̃.za.sjɔ̃/	bronzassiez /bʁɔ̃.za.sje/	bronzassent /bʁɔ̃.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bronze /bʁɔ̃z/	—	bronzons /bʁɔ̃.zɔ̃/	bronzez /bʁɔ̃.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• bronzage
• bronzette

See also

• prendre le soleil

Further reading

• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-2024).
• “bronzer”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “bronzer”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “bronzer” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “bronzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English bronze

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English bronzerbor.

Polish bronzer

Borrowed from English bronzer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔn.zɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnzɛr
• Syllabification: bron‧zer

Noun

bronzer m inan

1. bronzer

Declension

Declension of bronzer

	singular	plural
nominative	bronzer	bronzery
genitive	bronzera	bronzerów
dative	bronzerowi	bronzerom
accusative	bronzer	bronzery
instrumental	bronzerem	bronzerami
locative	bronzerze	bronzerach
vocative	bronzerze	bronzery

Further reading

• “bronzer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)