Sulfur

Alternative forms

 * sulphur (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK)

Etymology
, from sulfre:, from  sulfur:

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * brimstone (archaic, not in technical usage)

Derived terms

 * 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

 * 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

 * Afrikaans: swael
 * Albanian:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: كبريت
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: sufre
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: soufr
 * Bulgarian: сяра
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: sulfor
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: svovl
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გოგირდი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: સલ્ફરનો
 * Hebrew: גופרית
 * Hindi: गन्धक
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: sulfure
 * Irish: sulfar, ruibh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kashubian: sarka


 * Kazakh: куькiрт
 * Korean: 황, 黃, 석유황, 石硫黃, 유황, 황아
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: sērs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Schwiewel
 * Macedonian: сулфур
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam: ഗന്ധകം
 * Maltese: kubrit
 * Manx: sulfur
 * Maori: pungatara, pūngāwhā
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: pronnasdail, pronnasg, pronnastan
 * Serbian:
 * Sicilian: sùrfuru, suffuru
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: walirang
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: கந்தகம்
 * Thai: กำมะถัน
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сiрка
 * Uzbek: олтингугурт
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: sylffwr
 * West Frisian: swevel


 * Finnish: rikinkeltainen
 * French:


 * Japanese: 硫黄色, いおうしょく
 * Korean: 유황색

Adjective

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

Translations

 * Finnish: rikinkeltainen
 * French:


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

Verb

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

Translations

 * Danish: svovle
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Romanian: sulfurare
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: svavla

Alternative forms

 * sulphur, sulpur

Noun

 * 1) sulfur, brimstone
 * 2) lightning

Descendants

 * Catalan:
 * English:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

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