sufre

From Old Spanish sufre, from Latin sulphur.

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• IPA^(key): /s̺ufre/,

sufre inan

1. sulfur

• “sufre”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “sufre”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

sufre

1. second-person singular imperative of sufrir

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Catalan sofre and French soufre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsufɾe/

sufre m (usually uncountable)

1. sulfur, brimstone
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2r:

     […] ⁊ puſieren cabo della un poco de ſufre. ⁊ ruciaren la piedra con agua ſaldra della fuego tan fuerte […]

     and should they put atop it some sulfur and spray it with water, then the stone would spit fire so strong

   • Idem, f. 13r.

     & es fallada en tierra de affrica en las mineras del ſufre. Liuiana es. ⁊ fuerte de q̃brantar.

     And it is found in the land of Africa, in the sulfur mines. It is light, but also hard to break.

• Spanish: azufre

sufre

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