pucioasă

See also: pucioasa

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • puciósă (obsolete)

Etymology

Either from feminine of pucios, from puți or from a Vulgar Latin root *puteōsa, from Latin puteō. Compare Italian puzzoso. Cf. also the name of the Italian city Pozzuoli, from the Latin name Puteoli, referring to the sulfuric smell in the area.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈt͡ʃo̯a.sə/

Noun

pucioasă f (uncountable)

  1. (popular) brimstone, sulfur
    Synonym: sulf

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