enxofre

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

  1. sulphur, sulfur

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Portuguese[edit]

 enxofre on Portuguese Wikipedia
Chemical element
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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

 
  • (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[edit]

enxofre m (plural enxofres)

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

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