pulverulent

See also: pulvérulent

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pulverulentus, from pulvis (“dust”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt/
  • Hyphenation: pul‧ver‧u‧lent

Adjective

pulverulent (comparative more pulverulent, superlative most pulverulent)

  1. Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.
    • 1900, H. G. Wells, chapter 15, in Love and Mr. Lewisham:
      The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.
    • 2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120,
      If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.

Translations

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pulvérulent, from Latin pulverulentus.

Adjective

pulverulent m or n (feminine singular pulverulentă, masculine plural pulverulenți, feminine and neuter plural pulverulente)

  1. pulverulent

Declension
Declension of pulverulent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite pulverulent pulverulentă pulverulenți pulverulente
definite pulverulentul pulverulenta pulverulenții pulverulentele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite pulverulent pulverulente pulverulenți pulverulente
definite pulverulentului pulverulentei pulverulenților pulverulentelor
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