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    The term is bronzé (literally tanned) but according to returns by Google AI it is a racialized term for a non-white in Quebec. Commented Apr 12 at 22:20
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    thank you so much, extremely helpful. i think you have it exactly right based on the context. Commented Apr 12 at 23:12
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    Sharing a link to the clip would help to ascertain it though. Commented Apr 13 at 0:27
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    The issue is "bon-zees" doesn't ends like bronzés which rhymes with "May", not "cheese". Different vowels and a final plural S is never pronounced by a native French speaker, whether Québecois or not. Commented Apr 13 at 8:15
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    Hi, welcome! Can you please provide the full context of the sentence. I am from Québec and I find it atypical for people here to describe people with a tan as "bronzé". You also used "-zees" and not something like "zay" and if what you heard was "-zé" as in bronzé, it would be unlikely you would use "zees", which must sound like "ease". Don't rely on comments, this is a question and answer site, so what you want is a real answer, not some half-assed whatever. Commented Apr 14 at 22:27