brunire

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See also: bruñiré

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French brunir.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bruˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: bru‧nì‧re

Verb[edit]

brunìre (first-person singular present brunìsco, first-person singular past historic brunìi, past participle brunìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to burnish, to polish (metal)
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) to burnish, to blacken (metal) (to chemically treat metal with black oxide to prevent oxidation)

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Further reading[edit]

  • brunire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana