sulfureux
French
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin sulphurōsus, from sulphur (whence soufre).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsulfureux (feminine sulfureuse, masculine plural sulfureux, feminine plural sulfureuses)
- sulfurous / sulphurous
- (figuratively) scandalous (clothing, etc.)
- (figuratively) inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sulfureux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.