sofre
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Etymology
Inherited 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
Noun
sofre m (uncountable)
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Further reading
- “sofre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sofre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “sofre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sofre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
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sofre
Occitan
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Noun
sofre m (uncountable)
Portuguese
Verb
sofre
- inflection of sofrer: