sofre

Catalan

Chemical element
S
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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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈso.fɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈso.fɾe]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

sofre m (uncountable)

1. sulfur

Derived terms

• ensofrar

Related terms

• sulfuri
• sulfúric

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

Verb

sofre

1. third-person singular present indicative of sufrir

Occitan

Alternative forms

• solpre

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sofre m (uncountable)

1. sulfur

Portuguese

Verb

sofre

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