bronzer
English
Etymology 1
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.
- 1981, Mario Badescu, Mario Badescu's Skin Care Program for Men
Translations
cosmetic product
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Etymology 2
bronze + -er (comparative suffix)
Adjective
bronzer
- (rare) comparative form of bronze: more bronze
French
Etymology
bronze + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁɔ̃.ze/
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Verb
bronzer
- (transitive or reflexive) to tan, brown, catch a tan
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “bronzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bronzer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɔn.zɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɔnzɛr
- Syllabification: bron‧zer
Noun
bronzer m inan
- bronzer
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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bronzer in Polish dictionaries at PWN