sulfur
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin sulpur
Latin sulfur
Latin sulphur
Anglo-Norman sulfrebor.
Middle English sulphur
English sulfur
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.
Inflected forms:
form: sulfurs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sulphur
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: more sulfur
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most sulfur
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sulphur
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: sulfurs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sulfuring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: sulfured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: sulfured
pos: verb
tags: past
form: sulphur
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: A Dungeon horrible, on all ſides round / As one great Furnace flam’d, yet from thoſe flames / No light, but rather darkneſs viſible / […] but torture without end / Still urges, and a fiery Deluge, fed / With ever-burning Sulphur unconſum’d:
Sure only that man is mortal; that with the life of one mortal snaps irrevocably the wonderfulest talisman, and all Dubarrydom rushes off, with tumult, into infinite Space; and ye, as subterranean Apparitions are wont, vanish utterly,—leaving only a smell of sulphur!
Scarcely had these manifestations ceased at Ustica, than Vesuvius began to show signs of increased activity; the supplies in the wells on the mountain sides began to fail, and there was observed a strong taste of sulphur in the drinking water; whilst—most dreaded phenomenon of all—the ever-active crater of Stromboli, that lies midway between Naples and Messina, suddenly lapsed into quiescence.
It went like this: first, we were cavemen, then there was ancient Greece, then Rome burned (cue sulfur-odor FX), then there was the Great Depression, and, finally, we reached the modern age.
Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar.
gloss: A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: “She shall be blasted like a riven oak! Drowned in sulphur! Torn by whirlwinds!”
gloss: A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
usually
gloss: Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
gloss: Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
pos: adj
gloss: Having a characteristic sulfur-like smell, reminiscent of rotten eggs.
pos: adj
examples: On the November morning when the sulfur burps began, Derron Borders was welcoming prospective students at the graduate school where he works in New York. […] Sulfur burps appear to be a somewhat rare side effect of semaglutide, tirzepatide, and other drugs in their class, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists.
gloss: To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Related words: 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
Derived words: biosulfur
catenapolysulfur
chlorsulfuron
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
liver of sulfur
low-sulfur
low-sulphur
milk of sulfur
monosulfur
multisulfur
nonsulfur
octasulfur
organosulfur
polysulfur
potash of sulfur
potash of sulphur
prill sulfur
purple pitcher plant
purple sulfur bacterium
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
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: swawel
lang: Afrikaans
word: swael
lang: Albanian
word: sulfur
lang: Southern Altai
word: кӱӱрт
roman: küürt
lang: Arabic
word: كِبْرِيت
roman: kibrīt
lang: Arabic
word: كبريت
roman: kabrīt
lang: Arabic
word: كَبريت
roman: kabrīt
lang: Armenian
word: ծծումբ
roman: ccumb
lang: Aromanian
word: scljifur
lang: Aromanian
word: teafi
lang: Assamese
word: গন্ধক
roman: gondhok
lang: Asturian
word: azufre
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kükürd
lang: Bashkir
word: көкөрт
roman: kökört
lang: Basque
word: sufre
lang: Belarusian
word: се́ра
roman: sjéra
lang: Bengali
word: গন্ধক
roman: gondhok
lang: Bilba
word: balilang
lang: Breton
word: soufr
lang: Buginese
word: belérang
lang: Bulgarian
word: ся́ра
roman: sjára
lang: Burmese
word: ကန့်
roman: kan.
lang: Catalan
word: sofre
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 硫
roman: liú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 硫黄
roman: liúhuáng
lang: Choctaw
word: hituk lakna
lang: Chuvash
word: кӳкӗрт
roman: kük̬ĕrt
lang: Cornish
word: sulfur
lang: Cornish
word: loskven
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: kükürt
lang: Czech
word: síra
lang: Danish
word: svovl
lang: Dutch
word: zwavel
lang: Erzya
word: палыкандал
roman: palïkandal
lang: Esperanto
word: sulfuro
lang: Estonian
word: väävel
lang: Faroese
word: svávul
lang: Finnish
word: rikki
lang: French
word: soufre
lang: Middle French
word: soufre
lang: Old French
word: sulfre
lang: West-Frisian
word: swevel
lang: Friulian
word: solfar
lang: Galician
word: xofre
lang: Galician
word: enxofre
lang: Galician
word: xufre
lang: Galician
word: arxofre
lang: Georgian
word: გოგირდი
roman: gogirdi
lang: German
word: Schwefel
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌱𐌻𐍃
roman: swibls
lang: Greek
word: θείο
roman: theío
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θεῖον
roman: theîon
lang: Gujarati
word: ગંધક
roman: gandhak
lang: Hebrew
word: גָּפְרִית
roman: gofrít
lang: Hindi
word: गन्धक
roman: gandhak
lang: Hungarian
word: kén
lang: Icelandic
word: brennisteinn
lang: Ido
word: sulfo
lang: Indonesian
word: belerang
lang: Indonesian
word: sulfur
lang: Ingrian
word: rikki
lang: Interlingua
word: sulfure
lang: Irish
word: sulfar
lang: Irish
word: ruibh
lang: Italian
word: zolfo
lang: Japanese
word: 硫黄
roman: iō
lang: Javanese
word: ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ
roman: wlirang
lang: Kashubian
word: sarka
lang: Kazakh
word: күкірт
roman: kükırt
lang: Khmer
word: ស្ពាន់ធ័រ
roman: spŏən thɔə
lang: Khün
word: ᨣ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨶ
lang: Khün
word: ᨾᩣ᩠ᨯ
lang: Korean
word: 황
roman: hwang
lang: Korean
word: 석유황
roman: seogyuhwang
lang: Korean
word: 유황
roman: yuhwang
lang: Korean
word: 황아
roman: hwang'a
lang: Central Kurdish
word: گۆگِرد
roman: gogird
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kewkurd
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kirkût
lang: Kyrgyz
word: күкүрт
roman: kükürt
lang: Lao
word: ກຳມະຖັນ
roman: kam ma than
lang: Lao
word: ມາດ
roman: māt
lang: Latin
word: sulfur
lang: Latin
word: sulphur
lang: Latin
word: sulpur
lang: Latvian
word: sērs
lang: Lisu
word: ꓧꓪꓼ
roman: xwɑ̱̀
lang: Lithuanian
word: siera
lang: Low German
word: Swevel
lang: Low German
word: Svävel
lang: Lü
word: ᦙᦱᧆ
roman: maad
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Schwiefel
lang: Macedonian
word: сулфур
roman: sulfur
lang: Macedonian
word: ќуќур
roman: ḱuḱur
lang: Malagasy
word: solifara
lang: Malay
word: sulfur
lang: Malay
word: belerang
lang: Malayalam
word: ഗന്ധകം
roman: gandhakaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: സൾഫർ
roman: saḷphaṟ
lang: Maltese
word: kubrit
lang: Manx
word: sulfur
lang: Māori
word: pungatara
lang: Māori
word: pūngāwhā
lang: Māori
word: ohaki
lang: Marathi
word: गंधक
roman: gandhak
lang: Central Melanau
word: melireng
lang: Middle English
word: sulphur
lang: Mongolian
word: хүхэр
roman: xüxer
lang: Navajo
word: łeetsoii
lang: Ngaju
word: barirang
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: svovel
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: svovel
lang: Occitan
word: solpre
lang: Occitan
word: sofre
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: жоупелъ
roman: župelŭ
lang: Old English
word: swefl
lang: Pashto
word: ګوګړ
roman: gogǝ́ṛ
lang: Pashto
word: سلفر
roman: salfár
lang: Persian
word: گوگرد
roman: gugerd
lang: Persian
word: کبریت
roman: kebrit
lang: Polish
word: siarka
lang: Portuguese
word: enxofre
lang: Punjabi
word: ਗੰਧਕ
roman: gandhak
lang: Romanian
word: sulf
lang: Romanian
word: pucioasă
lang: Russian
word: се́ра
roman: séra
lang: Sanskrit
word: गन्धक
roman: gandhaka
lang: Sardinian
word: súlfaru
lang: Sardinian
word: súlfuru
lang: Sardinian
word: súrfuru
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pronnasdail
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pronnasg
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: pronnastan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сумпор
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sumpor
lang: Shan
word: ၵၢၼ်ႉ
roman: kâ̰an
lang: Sicilian
word: sùrfuru
lang: Sicilian
word: suffuru
lang: Sinhalese
word: ගෙන්දගම්
roman: gendagam
lang: Sinhalese
word: සල්ෆර්
roman: salfar
lang: Slovak
word: síra
lang: Slovene
word: žveplo
lang: Spanish
word: azufre
lang: Sundanese
word: walirang
lang: Swahili
word: salfa
lang: Swahili
word: kiberiti
lang: Swedish
word: svavel
lang: Tae'
word: balirang
lang: Tagalog
word: sangyawa
lang: Tagalog
word: asupre
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪬꪸꪣꪎꪲꪉ
lang: Tajik
word: гӯгирд
roman: gügird
lang: Taliabu
word: walirang
lang: Tamil
word: கந்தகம்
roman: kantakam
lang: Tatar
word: күкерт
roman: kükert
lang: Tausug
word: maylang
lang: Ternate
word: walirang
lang: Tetum
word: baliran
lang: Thai
word: กำมะถัน
roman: gam-má-tǎn
lang: Thai
word: มาศ
roman: mâat
lang: Thai
word: ซัลเฟอร์
roman: sal-fə̂ə
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨾᩣ᩠ᨯ
lang: Tibetan
word: མུ་ཟི
roman: mu zi
lang: Turkish
word: kükürt
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كوكرد
roman: kükürd
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كبریت
roman: kibrit
lang: Turkmen
word: kükürt
lang: Ukrainian
word: сі́рка
roman: sírka
lang: Urdu
word: گندھک
roman: gandhak
lang: Urdu
word: کبریت
roman: kibrīt
lang: Uyghur
word: گۈڭگۈرت
roman: günggürt
lang: Uzbek
word: олтингугурт
roman: oltingugurt
lang: Uzbek
word: oltingugurt
lang: Vietnamese
word: lưu huỳnh
lang: Volapük
word: sulfin
lang: Welsh
word: sylffwr
lang: Wolio
word: walira
lang: Yakan
word: meylang
lang: Yiddish
word: שוועבל
roman: shvebl
lang: Yoruba
word: sọ́ọ́fọ̀
lang: Yoruba
word: imí-ọjọ́
lang: Yoruba
word: imí-òòrùn
lang: Yoruba
word: imí-òṣùmàrè
lang: Zhuang
word: vuengzcungq