sulfureux
French, adjective/syl.fy.ʁø/
sulfureux is a French adjective meaning “sulfurous / sulphurous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient de la nature du soufre, qui contient du soufre”.
What does sulfureux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sulfurous / sulphurous
- 2
scandalous (clothing, etc.)
- 3
inflammatory (behaviour, etc.), fire-and-brimstone
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient de la nature du soufre, qui contient du soufre. 2. Qualifie l’un des composés acides du soufre et de l’oxygène (H₂SO₃, pour l'acide), dont l’odeur est piquante et qui se forme par la combustion du soufre dans l’air. 3. Qui sent le soufre, qui est socialement réprouvé.
noun: 1. Fumée de combustion du soufre ; anhydride sulfureux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sulfureux
- sulfureuse feminine
- sulfureuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sulfureux?
- /syl.fy.ʁø/
- \syl.fy.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sulfureux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sulfureux in French?
sulfureux appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).