enxofre

Meaning

1. (masculine, uncountable) sulfur
2. (masculine) an atom of sulfur

Concepts

sulfur

sulphur

brimstone

atomic number 16

native sulfur

native sulphur

s

S

Synonyms

enxôfre

s

Translations

soufre

zolfo

azufre

Schwefel

zwavel

sofre

kükürt

كبريت

θείο

sulphur

sulfur

θείον

sulpur

Sulfur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ẽˈʃo.fɾi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: sulfur

Cognate with Galician: xofre

Cognate with Spanish: azufre

In summary

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 Galician xofre and Spanish azufre. Doublet of súlfur.