douloureux

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *delh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *doleō

Latin doleō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin dolor

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Latin -ōsus

Late Latin dolōrōsus

Old French dolerous

Middle French douloureux

French douloureux

Inherited from Middle French douloureux, from Old French dolerous, from Late Latin dolōrōsus, from Latin dolor (“pain”) + -ōsus. By surface analysis, douleur +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.lu.ʁø/

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Adjective

douloureux (feminine douloureuse, masculine plural douloureux, feminine plural douloureuses)

1. painful

   Antonym: indolore

Related terms

• endolori

Further reading

• “douloureux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French dolerous, from Late Latin dolōrōsus.

Adjective

douloureux m (feminine singular douloureuse, masculine plural douloureux, feminine plural douloureuses)

1. painful

Descendants

• French: douloureux