Noun: enxofre
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | enxofre |
| Plural m | enxofres |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like enxofre
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
suffre', Latin Nouns '
sulfur', Portuguese Nouns '
enxofre', Spanish Nouns '
azufre'.
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