bronze

== English == === Etymology === From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɹɒnz/ (US) IPA(key): /bɹɑnz/ Rhymes: -ɒnz === Noun === bronze (countable and uncountable, plural bronzes) (uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals. Coordinate term: brass (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze. Coordinate terms: brass, copper (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture. A bronze medal; third place. Boldness; impudence. Synonym: brass ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze) Made of bronze metal. Synonym: bronzen Having a reddish-brown colour. (of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === bronze (third-person singular simple present bronzes, present participle bronzing, simple past and past participle bronzed) (transitive) To plate with bronze. (transitive) To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan. (intransitive, of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun. (transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen. (intransitive) To finish in third place; to win a bronze medal. ==== Derived terms ==== rebronze ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === bonzer == Catalan == === Alternative forms === bronzo === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɾon.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɾon.ze] Rhymes: -onze === Noun === bronze m (plural bronzes) bronze (metal) bronze medal ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bronze”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “bronze”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “bronze” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “bronze” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bronze. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈb̥ʁʌŋsə] === Noun === bronze c (singular definite bronzen, plural indefinite bronzer) (uncountable) bronze (element; colour) (countable) bronze (work of art made of bronze), bronze medal ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== bronze on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bronzo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁɔ̃z/ === Noun === bronze m (plural bronzes) bronze (metal, work of art) ==== Derived terms ==== âge de bronze couler un bronze médaille de bronze mouler un bronze ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: bronze → Greenlandic: bronze → English: bronze → Norwegian: bronse → Persian: برنز (boronz) → Portuguese: bronze === Verb === bronze inflection of bronzer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “bronze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === bornez == Greenlandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish bronze; see English bronze etymology. === Noun === bronze bronze == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === bronze m (plural bronzes) bronze == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bronze, from Italian bronzo, either from Byzantine Greek βροντησίον (brontēsíon), presumably from Βρεντήσιον (Brentḗsion, “Brindisi”), known for the manufacture of bronze; or ultimately from Persian برنج (berenj, beranj, “brass”) ~ پرنگ (pereng, “copper”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bron‧ze === Noun === bronze m (plural bronzes) bronze (a naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper) skin tan ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “bronze”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026