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 (edit)
S Atomic number 16 enxofre
Classification data Period 3 Group 16 Block p-block Class nonmetal
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Portuguese Wikipedia article on Enxofre

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) /ẽˈʃo.fɾi/, /ĩˈʃo.fɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʃo.fɾɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ofɾi, (South Brazil) -ofɾe, (Portugal) -ofɾɨ
• 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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “enxofre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026