soufre

See also: soufré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French soufre, from Old French sulfre, soffre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sufʁ/
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Rhymes: -ufʁ
Homophones: souffre, souffrent, souffres, soufrent, soufres

Noun

soufre m (plural soufres)

sulfur

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

souffre, soffre

Etymology

From Old French sulfre, soffre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

Noun

soufre m (plural soufres)

sulfur

Descendants

French: soufre

References

soufre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

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