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sulfur
English
Alternative forms
- sulphur (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK; nonstandard in scientific usage)
Etymology
From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?l.f?/
- (US) enPR: s?l'f?r, IPA(key): /?s?l.f?/
- Hyphenation: sul?fur
Noun
sulfur (usually uncountable, plural sulfurs)
- (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
- Synonym: (archaic, not in technical usage) brimstone
- Hypernym: chalcogen
- (countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)
- Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
Translations
Verb
sulfur (third-person singular simple present sulfurs, present participle sulfuring, simple past and past participle sulfured)
- (transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.
Translations
See also
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Sulfur”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “sulfur”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sulfur; doublet of the inherited sofre.
Noun
sulfur m (plural sulfurs)
- sulfide, sulphide
Derived terms
- disulfur
Further reading
- “sulfur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sulfur” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “sulfur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sulfur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
Ultimately borrowed from Latin sulfur; cf. English sulfur.
Noun
sulfur
- (obsolete) sulphur
- 1855, Tidsskrift for populære fremstillinger af naturvidenskaben, page 379
- ... men meget snart gik man bort fra disse bestemte Stoffer, og Sulfur og Mercurius gik nu fra at være ...
- 1896, Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann, Overtro og trolddom fra de æeldste tider til vore dage
- ... forskellige Stoffer adskilte sig kun fra hinanden derved, at de indeholdt forskellige Mængder af Sulfur og Merkurius; ...
- 1918, Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter: Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling
- Thi Agerjord er ikke andet end brændbare Bestanddele (Sulfur) og Alkali (sal fixum), ...
- 1855, Tidsskrift for populære fremstillinger af naturvidenskaben, page 379
Synonyms
- svovl
Latin
Alternative forms
- sulphur, sulpur
Etymology
From Hellenization of sulpur, of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”). Compare Sanskrit ???????? (?ulb?ri, “sulfur”). Also compare Old Armenian ?????? (ccumb, “sulfur”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?sul.fur/, [?s????f?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sul.fur/, [?sulfur]
Noun
sulfur n (genitive sulfuris); third declension
- sulfur, brimstone
- lightning
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- sulfur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sulfur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sulfur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Malay
Alternative forms
- ???????
Etymology
Borrowed from English sulfur, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sulfo(?)/
- Rhymes: -fo(?), -o(?)
Noun
sulfur (Jawi spelling ??????)
- sulfur (element)
Synonyms
- belerang / ??????
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sulfate
English
Alternative forms
- sulphate (UK)
Etymology
From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“salt”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent of sulfur +? -ate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?lfe?t/
Noun
sulfate (plural sulfates) (American spelling)
- (organic chemistry) Any ester of sulfuric acid.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfuric acid.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
sulfate (third-person singular simple present sulfates, present participle sulfating, simple past and past participle sulfated)
- (American spelling, transitive, chemistry) To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
- (of a lead-acid battery) To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- fluates
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: sulfatent, sulfates
Verb
sulfate
- first-person singular present indicative of sulfater
- third-person singular present indicative of sulfater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
- third-person singular present subjunctive of sulfater
- second-person singular imperative of sulfater
Spanish
Verb
sulfate
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of sulfatar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of sulfatar.
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