brunire

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French brunir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bruˈni.re/ Rhymes: -ire Hyphenation: bru‧nì‧re === Verb === brunìre (first-person singular present brunìsco, first-person singular past historic brunìi, past participle brunìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to burnish, to polish (metal) (transitive, metallurgy) to burnish, to blacken (metal) (to chemically treat metal with black oxide to prevent oxidation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brunitura === Further reading === brunire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana