suffre

English

Verb

suffre

1. Obsolete spelling of suffer.

Anagrams

• suffer, ruffes, Rueffs

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eyxufre, xufre

Etymology

From Latin sulfur, sulphur, suphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Old Spanish sufre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.fɾe/

Noun

suffre m (plural suffres)

1. sulfur

Descendants

• Galician: xofre
• Portuguese: enxofre