German

Noun

Sulfur

1. (rare) sulfur (chemical element)

Synonyms

• Schwefel

English

Alternative forms

• sulphur (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK; nonstandard in scientific usage)

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

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

sulfur ‎(comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)

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

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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.

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See also

Catalan

Noun

sulfur m ‎(plural sulfurs)

1. sulfur, sulphur

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to burn." But compare Old Armenian ծծումբ ‎(ccumb, “sulfur”).

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.

Descendants

References

• sulfur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sulfur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sulfur”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Malay

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• سولفور

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sulfur ‎(Jawi spelling سولفور)

1. sulfur (element)

Synonyms

• belerang / بليرڠ