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efflorescent

English edit

Etymology edit

From French efflorescent.

Adjective edit

efflorescent (comparative more efflorescent, superlative most efflorescent)

  1. Bursting into flower.
  2. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.
  3. Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.

Quotations edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /e.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/, /e.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃/, /ɛf.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective edit

efflorescent (feminine efflorescente, masculine plural efflorescents, feminine plural efflorescentes)

  1. efflorescent

References edit

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

Latin edit

Verb edit

efflōrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of efflōrēscō
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