sulfur
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- sulphur (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK; no longer standard in scientific usage)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌl.fə/
- (US) enPR: sŭl'fər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌl.fɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: sul‧fur
Noun
[edit]sulfur (usually uncountable, plural sulfurs)
- (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
- (countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
- sulfur:
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species.
- Coordinate term: yellow
Derived terms
[edit]- biosulfur
- catenapolysulfur
- cloudless sulfur
- desulfur, desulphur
- disulfur, disulphur
- disuprazole
- flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur
- green non-sulfur bacteria
- green sulfur bacteria
- hepar sulphuris
- hydrodesulfurization, hydrohydrodesulphurisation, hydrohydrodesulphurization
- iron-sulfur cluster, iron-sulphur cluster
- iron-sulfur protein
- lime sulfur
- low-sulfur, low-sulphur
- monosulfur
- multisulfur
- nonsulfur
- octasulfur
- organosulfur
- polysulfur
- potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur
- prill sulfur
- radiosulfur
- sufentanil
- sulazepam
- sulfa-, sulpha-
- sulfonium, sulphonium
- sulf-, sulfo-, sulph-, sulpho-
- sulfur-32
- sulfur-33
- sulfur-34
- sulfur-35
- sulfur-36
- sulfur acid, sulphur acid
- sulfur alcohol, sulphur alcohol
- sulfurane
- sulfurase
- sulfurate, sulphurate
- sulfur bacterium, sulphur bacterium
- sulfur bath, sulphur bath
- sulfur-bottom, sulphur-bottom
- sulfur-bottom whale, sulphur-bottom whale
- sulfur buckwheat
- sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterfly
- sulfur candle
- sulfur cast, sulphur cast
- sulfur cockatoo, sulphur cockatoo
- sulfur-colored, sulphur-coloured
- sulfur-color, sulphur-colour
- sulfur cone
- sulfur-crested cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo
- sulfur cycle, sulphur cycle
- sulfur dibromide, sulphur dibromide
- sulfur dichloride
- sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide
- sulfured, sulphured
- sulfur ether, sulphur ether
- sulfuretum, sulphuretum
- sulfur fungus, sulphur fungus
- sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride
- sulfurian
- sulfuric, sulphuric
- sulfuriferous, sulphuriferous
- sulfur impression, sulphur impression
- sulfuring, sulphuring
- sulfur-iodine cycle
- sulfurise
- sulfurity, sulphurity
- sulfurization
- sulfurless
- sulfurlike
- sulfur match, sulphur match
- sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide
- sulfur mustard
- sulfur nitride
- sulfur ore, sulphur ore
- sulfur oxide, sulphur oxide
- sulfur parakeet, sulphur parakeet
- sulfur pearl, sulphur pearl
- sulfur print, sulphur print
- sulfur pyrites, sulphur pyrites
- sulfur rain, sulphur rain
- sulfur salt, sulphur salt
- sulfur shower, sulphur shower
- sulfur soap, sulphur soap
- sulfur spring, sulphur spring
- sulfurtransferase
- sulfur tree, sulphur tree
- sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide
- sulfur tuft, sulphur tuft
- sulfur weed, sulphur weed
- sulfur works, sulphur works
- sulfurwort, sulphurwort
- sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow
- sulfuryl, sulphuryl
- sulfury, sulphury
- sulnidazole
- sulphur cone
- sulphur-headed cauliflower
- sulphur of ivy
- sulphur shelf, sulfur shelf
- sulphur vivum
- sulvanite
- tetrasulfur, tetrasulphur
- ultra-low sulfur diesel, ultra-low sulphur diesel
- unsulfured
- vegetable sulfur, vegetable sulphur
- virgin sulfur, virgin sulphur
- volcanic sulfur, volcanic sulphur
Related terms
[edit]- desulfurize, desulphurise, desulphurize
- disulfoton
- solfatara
- sulfa, sulpha
- sulfane, sulphane
- sulfatase, sulphatase
- sulfate, sulphate
- sulfated, sulphated
- sulfide, sulphide
- sulfite, sulphite
- sulfonal, sulphonal
- sulfonamide, sulphonamide
- sulfone, sulphone
- sulphureo-
- sulfureous, sulphureous
- sulfuret, sulphuret
- sulfurize, sulphurise, sulphurize
- sulfurous, sulphurous
- sulphur vivum
- sulpiride
Translations
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Adjective
[edit]sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)
Translations
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sulfur”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “sulfur”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
Albanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]sulfur m (plural sulfure, definite sulfuri, definite plural sulfuret)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sulfur”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2] (in Albanian), 1980
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin sulfur; doublet of the inherited sofre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sulfur m (plural sulfurs)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sulfur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sulfur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately borrowed from Latin sulfur; cf. English sulfur.
Noun
[edit]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 ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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; ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1918, Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter: Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling:
- Thi Agerjord er ikke andet end brændbare Bestanddele (Sulfur) og Alkali (sal fixum), ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
[edit]Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sulfur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sulfur (first-person possessive sulfurku, second-person possessive sulfurmu, third-person possessive sulfurnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “sulfur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hellenization of sulpur, of uncertain origin. Also compare Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb, “sulfur”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈs̠ʊɫ̪fʊr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈsulfur]
Noun
[edit]sulfur n (genitive sulfuris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | sulfur | sulfura |
Genitive | sulfuris | sulfurum |
Dative | sulfurī | sulfuribus |
Accusative | sulfur | sulfura |
Ablative | sulfure | sulfuribus |
Vocative | sulfur | sulfura |
References
[edit]- “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
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English sulfur, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sulfur (Jawi spelling سولفور, plural sulfur-sulfur, informal 1st possessive sulfurku, 2nd possessive sulfurmu, 3rd possessive sulfurnya)
- sulfur (element)
Synonyms
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