see|Sulfur
English
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Hyphenation
:sul·fur

Noun
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sulfur (See Alternative spellings below for information on where this spelling and the alternative spelling sulphur are used)

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

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Alternative spellings
sulphur (this is the only spelling in the UK; sulfur is used in Canada and the US; both spellings are used in Australia and New Zealand); sulfer is a frequently found misspelling

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

Derived terms
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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
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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

Related terms
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desulfurize, desulphurise, desulphurize
disulfoton<!--does disulphoton also exist?-->
solfatara<!--no "ph" spelling as this comes from Italian-->
sulfa, sulpha
sulfane, sulphane
sulfatase, sulphatase
sulfate, sulphate
sulfated, sulphated
sulfide, sulphide
sulfite, sulphite
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sulfonal, sulphonal
sulfonamide, sulphonamide
sulfone, sulphone
sulphureo-
sulfureous, sulphureous
sulfuret, sulphuret
sulfurize, sulphurise, sulphurize
sulfurous, sulphurous<!--put "sulfurous acid", etc, here-->
sulphur vivum<!-- -ph- only: this is Latin -->
sulpiride<!--sic-->

Translations
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Afrikaans: swael
Albanian: sulfur g|Albanian
Ancient Greek: θε�ον
Arabic: ARchar|�بر�ت (kibrí:t) m
Armenian: Õ®Õ®Õ¸Ö�Õ´Õ¢ (tstsumb)
Basque: sufrea
Belarusian: �е�а (séra) f
Bosnian: sumpor m
Breton: soufr m
Bulgarian: ���а (sjára) f
Catalan: sofre m
CJKV Characters: ç¡«
Chinese: 硫 (liú), 硫� (liú huáng)
Cornish: sulfor g|Cornish
Croatian: sumpor m
Czech: síra f
Danish: svovl g|Danish
Dutch: zwavel m
Esperanto: sulfuro
Estonian: väävel
Faroese: svávul n
Finnish: rikki
French: soufre m
Frisian: swevel g|Frisian
Friulian: solfar
Galician: xofre m
Georgian: ������� (gogirdi)
German: Schwefel m, Sulfur n
Greek: θείο (theío) n
Hebrew: ��פר�ת (gofrít) f
Hungarian: kén
Icelandic: brennisteinn m
Indonesian: sulfur, belerang
Interlingua: sulfure
Irish: rúibh f
Italian: zolfo m
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Japanese: 硫� (���, i�)
Kashmiri: sarka
Kazakh: к��кi�� (kükirt)
Korean: � (�, hwang), ��� (�硫�, seogyuhwang)
Latin: sulfur, sulpur n
Latvian: s�rs g|Latvian
Lithuanian: siera f
Luxembourgish: schwiewel
Macedonian: ���� (sulfur) m
Malay: sulfur, belerang
Malayalam: �ന�ധ�� (gandhakam)
Maltese: kubrit m
Manx: sulfur g|Manx
Maori: pungatara, pūng�wh�
Mongolian: RUchar|�ү��� (khükher)
Norwegian: svovel m
Polish: siarka f
Portuguese: enxofre m
Romanian: sulf n
Russian: �е�а (séra) f
Scottish Gaelic: sulfar
Serbian: ��мпо� (sumpor) m
Slovak: síra#Slovak|síra f
Slovene: žveplo n
Spanish: azufre m
Swedish: svavel c
Tajik: sulfur
Tamil: �ந�த�ம� (kantakam)
Thai: THchar|�ำมะ�ั� (kammathan)
Turkish: kükürt
Ukrainian: �i�ка (sírka) f
Uzbek: ол�инг�г��� (oltingugurt)
Vietnamese: lÆ°u
Welsh: sylffwr m
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French: soufre
trans-mid
Japanese: 硫�� (������, i�-shoku)
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Adjective
sulfur

1. A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

Translations
trans-top|colour
French: soufre
trans-mid
Japanese: 硫��� (�������, i�-shoku no)
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
to sulfur

1. to treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, either to preserve or to counter agricultural pests

Translations

Italian: solforare
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External links
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/s.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also
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acid rain
alunite
barite
cinnabar
cysteine
dithionous acid
Epsom salts
galena
gunpowder
gypsum
heparin
Lawesson's reagent
mercaptan
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methionine
oleum
polythionic acid
pyrite
sodium dithionate
sodium dithionite
sphalerite
stibnite
thi-, thio-
thiol
thiolate
thionic
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Latin

Noun
sulfur

1. sulfur, brimstone
2. lightning

Alternative spellings
sulpur

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