sulfureux

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sulphurōsus, from sulphur (whence soufre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syl.fy.ʁø/

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Adjective

sulfureux (feminine sulfureuse, masculine plural sulfureux, feminine plural sulfureuses)

1. sulfurous / sulphurous
2. (figuratively) scandalous (clothing, etc.)
3. (figuratively) inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone

Related terms

• sulfurique

Further reading

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