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bronze

/bɹɑnz/noun, adjective, verb

bronze is spelled B-R-O-N-Z-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bronze means “A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bronze is bronzes.

How many letters and syllables are in bronze?

Letters6: B-R-O-N-Z-E
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing16 times per million words; the 5,121st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is bronze?

Bronze appears 16 times per million words in written English, the 5,121st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bronze?

  • UK /bɹɒnz/
  • US /bɹɑnz/
  • Canada /bɹɒnz/

Bronze has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bronze.wav, En-us-bronze.ogg, En-au-bronze.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with bronze?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bronze from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnz/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: bonzer.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of bronze

  • bronzes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • more bronze comparative
  • most bronze superlative
  • bronzing participle, present
  • bronzed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bronze mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

  2. 2

    A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

  3. 3

    A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.

  4. 4

    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. 5

    Boldness; impudence.

adjective

  1. 1

    Made of bronze metal.

  2. 2

    Having a reddish-brown colour.

  3. 3

    Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.

verb

  1. 1

    To plate with bronze.

    My mother bronzed my first pair of baby shoes.

  2. 2

    To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.

  3. 3

    To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

  4. 4

    To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

  5. 5

    To finish in third place; to win a bronze medal.

noun

as Bronze
  1. 1

    A breed of domestic turkey whose plumage has an iridescent bronze-like sheen.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bronze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbronze, airain (alloy), hâlé, bronzé, tanné (par le soleil) (tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the…)
GermanBronze (alloy), bronzen (made of bronze)
Portuguesebronze (alloy), brônzeo (made of bronze), bronzeado (having a bronze colour)
Spanishbronce (alloy), éneo, broncíneo, brónceo, bronceo (made of bronze), bronceado (having a bronze colour)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does bronze come from?

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).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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