enxofre

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /enˈʃɔfɾɪ/

Noun

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

  1. sulphur, sulfur

Portuguese
Chemical element
S
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Etymology

From Old Galician-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
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃo.fɾi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃo.fɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃo.fɾe/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃo.fɾe/

  • Hyphenation: en‧xo‧fre

Noun

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

  1. (chemistry, uncountable) sulfur, sulphur
  2. an atom of sulfur
  • enxofradeira
  • enxofrar

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