azufre

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

sulfur

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of azufrar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of azufrar:

Sinonieme

s

s

cobre

latón

canario azufrado

arambre

Gekoppel as

a‧zu‧fre

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/aˈθufɾe/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old Spanish: sufre

Geërf van Latyn: sulfur

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish sufre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare modern French soufre. The initial a- could have appeared due to a misinterpretation of the expression piedra sufre (literally “sulfur stone”).