spongieux
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin spongiōsus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spongieux (feminine spongieuse, masculine plural spongieux, feminine plural spongieuses)
- spongious, spongy (of porous structure resembling that of a sponge)
- spongy, squishy (soft and squishy like a sponge)
- spongy, absorbent (that absorbs and retains liquid like a sponge)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “spongieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.