sulfur

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English

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Chemical element
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Alternative forms

• sulphur (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK)

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌl.fə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌl.fɚ/

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• Hyphenation: sul‧fur

Noun

sulfur (usually uncountable, plural sulfurs)

1. (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
2. (countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

   sulfur colour:

Synonyms

• (element): brimstone (archaic, not in technical usage)

Derived terms

terms derived from sulfur (noun)

desulfur, desulphur disulfur, disulphur flowers of sulfur, flowers of sulphur hepar sulphuris hydrodesulfurization, hydrohydrodesulphurisation, hydrohydrodesulphurization iron-sulfur cluster, iron-sulphur cluster potash of sulfur, potash of sulphur sulf-, sulfo-, sulph-, sulpho- sulfa-, sulpha- sulfonium, sulphonium sulfur-32 sulfur-33 sulfur-34 sulfur-35 sulfur-36 sulfurate, sulphurate sulfur acid, sulphur acid

sulfur alcohol, sulphur alcohol sulfur bacterium, sulphur bacterium sulfur bath, sulphur bath sulfur-bottom, sulphur-bottom sulfur-bottom whale, sulphur-bottom whale sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterfly sulfur cast, sulphur cast sulfur cockatoo, sulphur cockatoo sulfur-color, sulphur-colour sulfur-colored, sulphur-coloured sulphur cone sulfur-crested cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo sulfur cycle, sulphur cycle sulfur dibromide, sulphur dibromide sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide sulfured, sulphured sulphur-headed cauliflower

sulfur ether, sulphur ether sulfuretum, sulphuretum sulfur fungus, sulphur fungus sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride sulfuric, sulphuric sulfuriferous, sulphuriferous sulfur impression, sulphur impression sulfuring, sulphuring sulfurity, sulphurity sulfur match, sulphur match sulfur monoxide, sulphur monoxide sulphur of ivy 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 sulfur tree, sulphur tree sulfur trioxide, sulphur trioxide sulfur tuft, sulphur tuft sulphur vivum sulfur weed, sulphur weed sulfur works, sulphur works sulfurwort, sulphurwort sulfur yellow, sulphur yellow sulfury, sulphury sulfuryl, sulphuryl tetrasulfur, tetrasulphur vegetable sulfur, vegetable sulphur virgin sulfur, virgin sulphur volcanic sulfur, volcanic sulphur ultra-low sulfur diesel, ultra-low sulphur diesel

Related terms

terms related to sulfur (noun)

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

element

• Afrikaans: swawel, swael
• Albanian: sulfur
• Ancient Greek: θεῖον n (theîon)
• Arabic: كبريت m (kibrīt)
• Armenian: ծծումբ (ccumb)
• Aromanian: scljifur, teafi
• Asturian: azufre (ast) m
• Azeri: kükürd
• Bashkir: көкөрт (kökört)
• Basque: sufre (eu)
• Belarusian: се́ра f (sjéra)
• Breton: soufr m
• Bulgarian: ся́ра (bg) f (sjára)
• Catalan: sofre m
• Central Melanau: melireng
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫 (zh) (liú), 硫黄 (zh) (liúhuáng)

• Chuvash: кӳкĕрт (kükĕrt)
• Cornish: sulfor
• Czech: síra (cs) f
• Danish: svovl (da) n, c
• Dutch: zwavel (nl) m
• Erzya: палыкандал (palykandal)
• Esperanto: sulfuro (eo)
• Estonian: väävel (et)
• Faroese: svávul n
• Finnish: rikki (fi)
• French: soufre (fr) m
• Friulian: solfar
• Galician: xofre (gl) m
• Georgian: გოგირდი (gogirdi)
• German: Schwefel (de) m, Sulfur n
• Greek: θείο (el) n (theío)
• Gujarati: સલ્ફરનો (salpharano)
• Hebrew: גופרית f (gofrít)
• Hindi: गन्धक (gandhak)
• Hungarian: kén (hu)
• Icelandic: brennisteinn (is) m
• Indonesian: sulfur (id), belerang (id)
• Interlingua: sulfure
• Irish: sulfar (ga) m, ruibh f
• Italian: zolfo (it) m
• Japanese: 硫黄 (ja) (いおう, iō)
• Kashubian: sarka
• Kazakh: күкірт (kk) (kükirt)
• Khmer: ស្ពាន់ធ័រ (km) (spoan thoar)
• Korean: 황 (ko) (hwang), 黃 (ko), 석유황 (ko) (seogyuhwang), 石硫黃 (ko), 유황 (yuhwang), 황아 (黃芽, hwang-a)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: kewkurd, kirkût (ku)

  Sorani: گۆگرد (ku) (gogird)

• Latin: sulfur (la), sulpur n
• Latvian: sērs m
• Lithuanian: siera (lt) f
• Low German: Swevel m, Svävel m
• Luxembourgish: Schwiefel m
• Macedonian: сулфур m (sulfur)
• Malay: sulfur, belerang
• Malayalam: ഗന്ധകം (ml) (gandhakaṃ)
• Maltese: kubrit m
• Manx: sulfur m
• Maori: pungatara, pūngāwhā
• Mongolian: хүхэр (mn) (hüher)
• Navajo: łeetsoii
• Norwegian: svovel (no) m
• Occitan: solpre
• Old English: swefel m
• Persian: گوگرد (fa) (gugerd)
• Polish: siarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: enxofre (pt) m
• Romanian: sulf (ro) n, sulfuri n pl
• Russian: се́ра (ru) f (séra)
• Sardinian: súlfaru, súlfuru, súrfuru
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnasdail m, pronnasg m, pronnastan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сумпор m

  Roman: sumpor (sh) m

• Sicilian: sùrfuru (scn) m, suffuru m
• Slovak: síra f
• Slovene: žveplo (sl) n
• Spanish: azufre (es) m
• Sundanese: walirang
• Swedish: svavel (sv) n
• Tajik: гӯгирд (gügird)
• Tamil: கந்தகம் (ta) (kantakam)
• Thai: กำมะถัน (th) (kammathan)
• Turkish: kükürt (tr)
• Turkmen: kükürt
• Ukrainian: сі́рка f (sírka)
• Uyghur: گۈڭگۈرت (günggürt)
• Uzbek: олтингугурт, oltingugurt
• Vietnamese: lưu (vi), lưu huỳnh (vi)
• Volapük: sulfin (vo)
• Welsh: sylffwr (cy) m
• West Frisian: swevel n
• Yiddish: שוועבל m (shvebl)

colour

• Finnish: rikinkeltainen
• French: soufre (fr)

• Japanese: 硫黄色, いおうしょく (iō-shoku)
• Korean: 유황색 (yuhwangsaek)

Adjective

sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)

1. Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

Translations

colour

• Finnish: rikinkeltainen
• French: soufre (fr)

• Japanese: 硫黄色の (いおうしょくの, iō-shoku no)
• Korean: 유황색의 (yuhwangsaegui)

Verb

sulfur (third-person singular simple present sulfurs, present participle sulfuring, simple past and past participle sulfured)

1. (transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.

Translations

treat with sulfur

• Danish: svovle
• Finnish: rikittää
• Italian: solforare

• Romanian: sulfurare (ro) f
• Spanish: azufrar
• Swedish: svavla

See also

other entries of interest

acid rain alunite barite cinnabar cysteine dithionous acid Epsom salts

galena gunpowder gypsum heparin Lawesson's reagent mercaptan

methionine oleum polythionic acid pyrite sodium dithionate sodium dithionite sphalerite

stibnite thi-, thio- thiol thiolate thionic Appendix:Colors

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Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to burn."

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈsʊɫ.fʊr]

Alternative forms

• sulphur, sulpur

Noun

sulfur n (genitive sulfuris); third declension

1. sulfur, brimstone
2. lightning

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sulfur	sulfura
genitive	sulfuris	sulfurum
dative	sulfurī	sulfuribus
accusative	sulfur	sulfura
ablative	sulfure	sulfuribus
vocative	sulfur	sulfura

Descendants

• Aromanian: scljifur
• Catalan: sofre
• English: sulfur
• French: soufre
• Friulian: solfar
• Galician: xofre
• Italian: zolfo, solfo
• Malay: sulfur / سولفور

• Occitan: solpre
• Portuguese: enxofre
• Romanian: sulf
• Sardinian: súlfaru, súlfuru, súrfuru
• Sicilian: suffuru, sùrfuru, surfuru, surfaru
• Spanish: azufre
• Venetian: solfer, sólfaro, solfare, solfar

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Malay

Chemical element
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Etymology

From English sulfur, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur.

Alternative forms

• سولفور

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sulfo(r)/
• Rhymes: -fo(r), -o(r)

Noun

sulfur (Jawi spelling سولفور)

1. sulfur (element)

Synonyms

• belerang / بليرڠ