bronz

See also: brônẓ

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bronx, brunz, brunx, brunc, brunç

Etymology

Internationalism, compare French bronze, Italian bronzo, German Bronze.

Noun

bronz m (plural bronze, definite bronzi)

1. bronze (metal)
2. (figurative) trifle, bauble (worthless thing)

   Synonym: bakër (literally “copper”)

References

• “bronz”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “bronz”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

Further reading

• Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 2: “aes — brunze”

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French bronze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrons]

Noun

bronz m inan

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of bronz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bronz	bronzy
genitive	bronzu	bronzů
dative	bronzu	bronzům
accusative	bronz	bronzy
vocative	bronze	bronzy
locative	bronzu	bronzech
instrumental	bronzem	bronzy

Further reading

• bronz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bronz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• bronz in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1785. An internationalism via German Bronze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbronz]
• Hyphenation: bronz
• Rhymes: -onz

Noun

bronz (countable and uncountable, plural bronzok)

1. bronze (a natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals)
2. bronze (a reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze)

   bronz:  

3. (colloquial) bronze (an object made of bronze, especially a medal, a work of art, a sculpture)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	bronz	bronzok
accusative	bronzot	bronzokat
dative	bronznak	bronzoknak
instrumental	bronzzal	bronzokkal
causal-final	bronzért	bronzokért
translative	bronzzá	bronzokká
terminative	bronzig	bronzokig
essive-formal	bronzként	bronzokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	bronzban	bronzokban
superessive	bronzon	bronzokon
adessive	bronznál	bronzoknál
illative	bronzba	bronzokba
sublative	bronzra	bronzokra
allative	bronzhoz	bronzokhoz
elative	bronzból	bronzokból
delative	bronzról	bronzokról
ablative	bronztól	bronzoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	bronzé	bronzoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	bronzéi	bronzokéi

Possessive forms of bronz
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	bronzom	bronzaim
2nd person sing.	bronzod	bronzaid
3rd person sing.	bronza	bronzai
1st person plural	bronzunk	bronzaink
2nd person plural	bronzotok	bronzaitok
3rd person plural	bronzuk	bronzaik

Derived terms

• bronzol
• bronzos

 

Compound words

• bronzcápa
• bronzérem
• bronzkor
• bronzszín
• bronzszobor

 

Further reading

• bronz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• bronz in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bronze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bronz/

Noun

bronz n (plural bronzuri)

1. bronze

Declension

Declension of bronz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bronz	bronzul	(niște) bronzuri	bronzurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bronz	bronzului	(unor) bronzuri	bronzurilor
vocative	bronzule		bronzurilor

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from French bronze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [brɔns]

Noun

bronz m inan (genitive singular bronzu, nominative plural bronzy, genitive plural bronzov, declension pattern of dub)

1. bronze (metal)
2. bronze (color)

Declension

Declension of bronz

	singular	plural
nominative	bronz	bronzy
genitive	bronzu	bronzov
dative	bronzu	bronzom
accusative	bronz	bronzy
locative	bronze	bronzoch
instrumental	bronzom	bronzmi

References

• “bronz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Vilamovian

Etymology

Borrowing from French bronze.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bronz f

1. bronze