efflorescent

English

Etymology

From French efflorescent.

Adjective

efflorescent (comparative more efflorescent, superlative most efflorescent)

  1. Bursting into flower.
  2. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.
  3. Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:efflorescent.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/, /e.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃/, /ɛf.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

efflorescent (feminine efflorescente, masculine plural efflorescents, feminine plural efflorescentes)

  1. efflorescent

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

Latin

Verb

efflōrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of efflōrēscō
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