soufre

Inherited from Middle French soufre, from Old French sulfre, soffre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

• IPA^(key): /sufʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ufʁ
• Homophones: souffre, souffrent, souffres, soufrent, soufres

soufre m (plural soufres)

1. sulfur

• sentir le soufre
• soufrer

• “soufre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• souffre, soffre

From Old French sulfre, soffre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

soufre m (plural soufres)

1. sulfur

• French: soufre

• soufre on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)