sofre

Catalan

Chemical element
S
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Etymology

From Old Catalan sofre, from Latin sulfur, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (to burn, smoulder). Doublet of the borrowed form sulfur. Compare Occitan solpre, French soufre, Spanish azufre.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈso.fɾə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈso.fɾe/
  • (file)

Noun

sofre m (uncountable)

  1. sulfur

Derived terms

Further reading


Galician

Verb

sofre

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sufrir

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • solpre

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

sofre m (uncountable)

  1. sulfur

Portuguese

Verb

sofre

  1. inflection of sofrer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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