bronzo

From Italian bronzo, English bronze, etc.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbronzo]
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• Rhymes: -onzo
• Hyphenation: bron‧zo

bronzo (accusative singular bronzon, plural bronzoj, accusative plural bronzojn)

1. bronze

Borrowed from Esperanto bronzo, English bronze, French bronze, German Bronze, Italian bronzo, Russian бро́нза (brónza), Spanish bronce.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbron.zo/

bronzo (plural bronzi)

1. bronze

• bronzizar (“to bronze, tan”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbron.d͡zo/
• Rhymes: -ondzo
• Hyphenation: brón‧zo

Several theories exist:

• From Byzantine Greek βροντησίον (brontēsíon) (11th century), presumably from Βρεντήσιον (Brentḗsion, “Brindisi”), known for the manufacture of bronze,[1] or perhaps through a Vulgar Latin *aes brundusi(um),[2][3] from the name of the same city.
• Alternatively, ultimately from Persian برنج‎ (birinj, biranj, “brass”) ~ پرنگ‎ (piring, “copper”),[4] or from a Latin brundium, linked to the aforementioned Persian word.[5]
• Less likely linked to Germanic through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *brunitius, related to bruno (“brown”).[6]

bronzo m (plural bronzi)

1. bronze (metal or object)

• bronzare
• bronzeo
• bronzetto
• bronzino
• bronzista

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bronzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bronzare

bronzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana