See also: bruñiré

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French brunir.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bruˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: bru‧nì‧re

Verb edit

brunìre (first-person singular present brunìsco, first-person singular past historic brunìi, past participle brunìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to burnish, to polish (metal)
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) to burnish, to blacken (metal) (to chemically treat metal with black oxide to prevent oxidation)

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Further reading edit

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