pulverulent

See also: pulvérulent

English

Alternative forms

• pulverulentous
• pulverulous

Etymology

From Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”). By surface analysis, pulver +‎ -ule +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt/
• Hyphenation: pul‧ver‧u‧lent

Adjective

pulverulent (comparative more pulverulent, superlative most pulverulent)

1. Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
   • 1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham:

     The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.

   • 2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120,

     If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.

Related terms

• pulverulence
• pulverulently

Translations

consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder

• French: pulvérulent (fr)
• Italian: polverulento (it)
• Latin: pulverulentus
• Occitan: pulverulent (oc)
• Spanish: pulverulento (es)

References

• “pulverulent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvérulent, from Latin pulverulentus.

Adjective

pulverulent m or n (feminine singular pulverulentă, masculine plural pulverulenți, feminine/neuter plural pulverulente)

1. pulverulent

Declension

Declension of pulverulent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pulverulent		pulverulentă	pulverulenți	pulverulente
	definite	pulverulentul		pulverulenta	pulverulenții	pulverulentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pulverulent		pulverulente	pulverulenți	pulverulente
	definite	pulverulentului		pulverulentei	pulverulenților	pulverulentelor