enxofre

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese suffre (with the prefix en-), from Latin sulfur, sulphur, suphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Galician xofre, Spanish azufre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ẽjˈʃo.fɾi/
  • Hyphenation: en‧xô‧fre

Noun

enxofre m (uncountable)

  1. sulphur, sulfur

Coordinate terms
  • enxofradeira
  • enxofrar

Further reading
  • “enxofre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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