sulfite

See also: Sulfite

English

Alternative forms

• sulphite (mainly UK)

Etymology

sulfur +‎ -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlfaɪt/

Noun

sulfite (plural sulfites)

1. (American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

Derived terms

• beryllium sulfite, beryllium sulphite
• bisulfite, bisulphite
• cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
• hydrogen sulfite, hydrogen sulphite
• hydrosulfite, hydrosulphite
• hyposulfite, hyposulphite
• potassium sulfite
• pyrosulfite, pyrosulphite
• sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite
• sodium sulfite, sodium sulphite
• sulfite of lime, sulphite of lime
• sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda
• sulfite pulp, sulphite pulp
• thiosulfite, thiosulphite

 

Translations

salt of sulfurous acid

• Catalan: sulfit m
• Czech: siřičitan m, sulfit m
• Dutch: sulfiet (nl)
• Finnish: sulfiitti (fi)
• French: sulfite (fr) m
• Galician: sulfito m
• German: Sulfit (de) n
• Hungarian: szulfit (hu)
• Ido: sulfito (io)
• Irish: suilfít f
• Italian: solfito (it) m
• Polish: siarczyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: sulfito (pt) m
• Spanish: sulfito m
• Swedish: sulfit (sv) c or n
• Telugu: సల్ఫైటు (salphaiṭu)
• Turkish: sülfit (tr)

Anagrams

• fistule

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

sulfite m (plural sulfites)

1. sulfite

Further reading

• “sulfite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.