bronze

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English

Etymology

From French bronze (1511), from Italian bronzo (13th cent.), of uncertain origin; see it for more. First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior. See cite below.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɹɒnz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bɹɑnz/
• Rhymes: -ɒnz

Noun

bronze (countable and uncountable, plural bronzes)

2. (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

3. (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

4. (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
5. A bronze medal.

6. Boldness; impudence.

   Synonym: brass

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

bronze (comparative more bronze, superlative most bronze)

1. Made of bronze metal.

   Synonym: bronzen
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

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

1. (transitive) To plate with bronze.

2. (transitive) To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
3. (intransitive, of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
4. (transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

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)

1. bronze (metal)
2. bronze medal

Derived terms

Further reading

• “bronze” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bronze”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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)

1. (uncountable) bronze (element; colour)
2. (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)

1. 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

1. inflection of bronzer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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

1. bronze

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

bronze m (plural bronzes)

1. 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)

1. bronze (a naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper)
2. skin tan

Derived terms

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References