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): /enˈʃɔfɾe/ [enʲˈʃɔ.fɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔfɾe
• Hyphenation: en‧xo‧fre

Noun

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

1. sulphur, sulfur

Related terms

• enxofrar
• xofre

Portuguese

Chemical element
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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 and Spanish azufre. Doublet of súlfur.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃo.fɾi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃo.fɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃo.fɾi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃo.fɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈʃo.fɾe/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈʃo.fɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃo.fɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: en‧xo‧fre

Noun

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

1. (chemistry, uncountable) sulfur
2. an atom of sulfur

Related terms

• enxofradeira
• enxofrar

Further reading

• “enxofre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.