pulverulent
See also: pulvérulent
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpulverulent (comparative more pulverulent, superlative most pulverulent)
- Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
- 1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham:
- The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
- 2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120,
- If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.
Related terms
editTranslations
editconsisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder
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References
edit- “pulverulent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French pulvérulent, from Latin pulverulentus.
Adjective
editpulverulent m or n (feminine singular pulverulentă, masculine plural pulverulenți, feminine and neuter plural pulverulente)
Declension
editDeclension of pulverulent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | pulverulent | pulverulentă | pulverulenți | pulverulente | ||
definite | pulverulentul | pulverulenta | pulverulenții | pulverulentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | pulverulent | pulverulente | pulverulenți | pulverulente | ||
definite | pulverulentului | pulverulentei | pulverulenților | pulverulentelor |