different between effloresce vs efflorescence

English

Etymology

From Latin effl?r?scere, present active infinitive of effl?r?sc? (“to bloom, blossom; to flourish”) + -ere (suffix forming infinitives). Effl?r?sc? is derived from ef- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + fl?r?sc? (“to blossom, flower; to begin to flourish or prosper”) (from fl?re? (“to bloom, blossom, flower; to flourish, prosper”) (from fl?s (“blossom, flower”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“bloom, flower”)) + -sc? (suffix forming verbs having the sense of beginning something)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??fl????s/, /-fl?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??fl????s/
• Hyphenation: ef?flor?esce

Verb

effloresce (third-person singular simple present effloresces, present participle efflorescing, simple past and past participle effloresced)

1. (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
3. (intransitive, chemistry) Senses relating to chemistry.
   1. Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
   2. Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
   3. Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).

Related terms

• efflorescence
• efflorescent

Translations

References

Further reading

• efflorescence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

effl?r?sce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of effl?r?sc?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French efflorescence, from Latin efflorescere, which was from ex- (“out”) +? florescere (“to blossom”).

Noun

efflorescence (countable and uncountable, plural efflorescences)

1. (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.
2. (botany) The production of flowers.
3. (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick, plaster, or mortar; usually caused by free alkalies leached from mortar or adjacent concrete as moisture moves through it.
4. (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid or geothermal environments.
5. (figuratively) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
6. (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

Derived terms

• effloresce
• efflorescent

Translations

French

Noun

efflorescence f (plural efflorescences)

1. efflorescence