Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

    Bronze

    бро́нзаbrónza

    бро́нзаbrónza, спижspyž

    an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

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

    Bronze

    бро́нзовыйbrónzovyj

    бро́нзаbrónza, бро́нзовийbrónzovyj

    a sculpture made of bronze

  3. (countable)A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.

    бро́нзаbrónza

  4. (countable, uncountable)A bronze medal; third place.

    She wanted to win the tournament, but had to settle for the bronze after being beaten in the semi-finals.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Boldness; impudence.

Examples

59 sentences
  1. We won the bronze medal.

    ruМы выиграли бронзовую медаль. — andy

    deWir haben die Bronzemedaille gewonnen. — mayabe

  2. This is bronze.

    ruЭто бронза. — Katie_Yves

  3. The statue was cast in bronze.

    ruСтатуя была отлита в бронзе. — marafon

    deDie Statue wurde aus Bronze gegossen. — Wolf

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  4. They cast bronze into a statue.

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  5. The sun has bronzed her skin.

    deDie Sonne hat ihre Haut gebräunt. — stefz

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
alloy:
colour:
Русский
By meaning 2
alloy:
colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
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Origin

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). Firs

From French bronze (1511); from Italian bronzo (13th c.), of uncertain origin (q.v.). First use appears c. 1721 in the writings of Matthew Prior (for which, see citation below).

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