suffre

English

Verb

suffre

  1. Obsolete spelling of suffer

Anagrams

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • eyxufre, xufre

Etymology

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, suphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Old Spanish sufre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.fɾe/

Noun

suffre m

  1. sulfur

Descendants
  • Galician: xofre
  • Portuguese: enxofre
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