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A bronzer
English
Etymology 1
From bronze (“to tan skin”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Noun
bronzer (plural bronzers)
- A cosmetic product intended to give the skin a temporary bronzed colour resembling a suntan.
- 1981, Mario Badescu, Mario Badescu's Skin Care Program for Men:
- Bronzers, you see, contain alcohol, which can't help but be drying to the skin.
- 1984, Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics:
- Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.
- 2025 January 20, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Brimful of menace? Melania strikes sombre note at Trump inauguration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- With his signature bronzer, Trump seems to be aiming for a weathered ruggedness, perhaps. He is playing the macho cowboy who just rode into town.
Translations
cosmetic product
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Etymology 2
From bronze + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
bronzer
- (rare) comparative form of bronze: more bronze
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
bronzer
- (transitive) to bronze (plate with bronze)
- (transitive or reflexive) to tan, bronze
- Hyponym: hâler
- (intransitive) to tan, bronze, catch a tan
- Hyponyms: se griller la couenne, se rôtir la couenne
Conjugation
Conjugation of bronzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | bronzer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bronzant /bʁɔ̃.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bronzé /bʁɔ̃.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bronze /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronzes /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronze /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronzons /bʁɔ̃.zɔ̃/ |
bronzez /bʁɔ̃.ze/ |
bronzent /bʁɔ̃z/ |
| imperfect | bronzais /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/ |
bronzais /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/ |
bronzait /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/ |
bronzions /bʁɔ̃.zjɔ̃/ |
bronziez /bʁɔ̃.zje/ |
bronzaient /bʁɔ̃.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bronzai /bʁɔ̃.ze/ |
bronzas /bʁɔ̃.za/ |
bronza /bʁɔ̃.za/ |
bronzâmes /bʁɔ̃.zam/ |
bronzâtes /bʁɔ̃.zat/ |
bronzèrent /bʁɔ̃.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | bronzerai /bʁɔ̃z.ʁe/ |
bronzeras /bʁɔ̃z.ʁa/ |
bronzera /bʁɔ̃z.ʁa/ |
bronzerons /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɔ̃/ |
bronzerez /bʁɔ̃z.ʁe/ |
bronzeront /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bronzerais /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/ |
bronzerais /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/ |
bronzerait /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/ |
bronzerions /bʁɔ̃.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
bronzeriez /bʁɔ̃.zə.ʁje/ |
bronzeraient /bʁɔ̃z.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | bronze /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronzes /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronze /bʁɔ̃z/ |
bronzions /bʁɔ̃.zjɔ̃/ |
bronziez /bʁɔ̃.zje/ |
bronzent /bʁɔ̃z/ |
| imperfect2 | bronzasse /bʁɔ̃.zas/ |
bronzasses /bʁɔ̃.zas/ |
bronzât /bʁɔ̃.za/ |
bronzassions /bʁɔ̃.za.sjɔ̃/ |
bronzassiez /bʁɔ̃.za.sje/ |
bronzassent /bʁɔ̃.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bronze /bʁɔ̃z/ |
— | bronzons /bʁɔ̃.zɔ̃/ |
bronzez /bʁɔ̃.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
- “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- “bronzer” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
- “bronzer” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “bronzer” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “bronzer” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “bronzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bronzer.
Pronunciation
Noun
bronzer m inan
Declension
Declension of bronzer
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bronzer | bronzery |
| genitive | bronzera | bronzerów |
| dative | bronzerowi | bronzerom |
| accusative | bronzer | bronzery |
| instrumental | bronzerem | bronzerami |
| locative | bronzerze | bronzerach |
| vocative | bronzerze | bronzery |
Further reading
- bronzer in Polish dictionaries at PWN