fuligineux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fulīginōsus, from fulīgō (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.li.ʒi.nø/

Adjective

fuligineux (feminine fuligineuse, masculine plural fuligineux, feminine plural fuligineuses)

1. sooty, fuliginous

Further reading

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