# sulfate
## English
### Alternative forms

* sulphate (UK)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsʌlfeɪt/
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### Etymology 1

From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

#### Noun

sulfate (plural sulfates) (American spelling)
* (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
** 1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.
** 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics‎, W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.
** 2011, Peter Watts, Crysis: Legion, Del Rey, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7:The whole world's fighting over fresh water like a pack of starving dogs with one stripped bone among them, and then Brazil started shooting all those sulfates into the stratosphere and—well, it was turning out just like the environazis said, only way worse and way fucking faster.

##### Derived terms

* aluminic sulfate, aluminic sulphate
* aluminium sulfate, aluminium sulphate
* aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate, aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate
* ammonium laureth sulfate
* ammonium sulfate, ammonium sulphate
* aurothiosulfate
* barium sulfate, barium sulphate
* beryllium sulfate, beryllium sulphate
* bisulfate, bisulphate
* borosulfate
* cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate
* calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate
* ceric ammonium sulfate, ceric ammonium sulphate
* ceric sulfate, ceric sulphate
* chlorosulfate
* cobalt(II) sulfate
* copper(II) sulfate
* copper sulfate, copper sulphate
* cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate
* cuprosulfate, cuprosulphate
* dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate
* dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate
* dermatan sulfate
* desulfate
* dimethyl sulfate
* disulfate, disulphate
* dodecasulfate
* ferric sulfate
* ferroso-aluminic sulfate, ferroso-aluminic sulphate
* ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate
* fluorosulfate
* gadolinium ethyl sulfate
* gadolinium sulfate, gadolinium sulphate
* gadolinium sulfate octahydrate, gadolinium sulphate octahydrate
* glycosulfatase
* hemisulfate
* heparan sulfate
* heptasulfate
* hexasulfate
* hydrogensulfate
* hydrogen sulfate, hydrogen sulphate
* hydropotassic sulfate, hydropotassic sulphate
* hydrosodic sulfate, hydrosodic sulphate
* hydrosulfate
* hyposulfate, hyposulphate
* iodosulfate, iodosulphate
* iridico-ammonic sulfate, iridico-ammonic sulphate
* iron(III) sulfate
* iron(II) sulfate
* iron sulfate, iron sulphate
* keratan sulfate
* keratosulfate
* lithium sulfate, lithium sulphate
* magnesio-aluminic sulfate, magnesio-aluminic sulphate
* magnesium laureth sulfate, magnesium laureth sulphate
* magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, magnesium sulphate heptahydrate
* magnesium sulfate, magnesium sulphate
* manganese sulfate, manganese sulphate
* manganous sulfate, manganous sulphate
* methylsulfate
* monosulfate
* nickel sulfate, nickel sulphate
* nitrososulfate, nitrososulphate
* octasulfate
* organosulfate
* oxyhydroxysulfate
* oxysulfate
* pentasulfate
* persulfate, persulphate
* phosphosulfate
* polysulfate
* potassio-chromic sulfate, potassio-chromic sulphate
* potassio-ferric sulfate, potassio-ferric sulphate
* potassio-manganic sulfate, potassio-manganic sulphate
* potassium aluminium sulfate, potassium aluminium sulphate
* potassium sulfate, potassium sulphate
* protamine sulfate
* pyrosulfate, pyrosulphate
* radium sulfate, radium sulphate
* rubidium sulfate, rubidium sulphate
* sesquisulfate
* sodium dodecyl sulfate
* sodium lauryl sulfate
* sodium sulfate, sodium sulphate
* sucralfate
* sulfatase
* sulfate ion, sulphate ion
* sulfate of ammonia, sulphate of ammonia
* sulfate of copper, sulphate of copper
* sulfate of iron, sulphate of iron
* sulfate of lime, sulphate of lime
* sulfate of magnesia
* sulfate of potash, sulphate of potash
* sulfate of soda, sulphate of soda
* sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc
* sulfate process, sulphate process
* sulfate pulp, sulphate pulp
* sulfate-reducing, sulphate-reducing
* sulfate turpentine
* sulfatian
* sulfatide, sulphatide
* sulfating, sulphating
* sulfation, sulphation
* sulfatite, sulphatite
* sulfato-, sulphato-
* sulfat-, sulphat-
* tellurium sulfate, tellurium sulphate
* thallium sulfate, thallium sulphate
* thiosulfate, thiosulphate
* thorium sulfate, thorium sulphate
* trisulfate, trisulphate
* uranic sulfate, uranic sulphate
* urano-ammonic sulfate, urano-ammonic sulphate
* uranoso-ammonic sulfate, uranoso-ammonic sulphate
* uranoso-uranic sulfate, uranoso-uranic sulphate
* uranous sulfate, uranous sulphate
* vanadious sulfate, vanadious sulphate
* vanadous sulfate, vanadous sulphate
* vanadyl sulfate, vanadyl sulphate
* zinco-sulfate, zinco-sulphate
* zinc sulfate
* zircosulfate

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From the above noun, through -ate (verb-forming suffix).

#### 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

* ↑ sulfate in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* fluates

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: sulfatent, sulfates

### Verb

sulfate
* inflection of sulfater:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

sulfate
* inflection of sulfatar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative