sulfur
English
/ˈsʌl.fə/, /ˈsʌl.fɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
- (countable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
Etymology
Borrowed from sulfre derived from Latin sulfur derived from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swelplos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arsenosulvanite English
- aurothiosulfate English
- biosulfur English
- bisulfate English
- borosulfate English
- chlorosulfuric English
- cyclo-octasulfur English
- dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate English
- desulfate English
- desulfur English
- desulfurize English
- disulfate English
- disulfur English
- disulfuric English
- dodecasulfate English
- fluorosulfate English
- hemisulfate English
- heptasulfate English
- hexasulfate English
- hydrogensulfate English
- hydrosulfate English
- hydrosulfuric English
- hydrosulfurous English
- hyposulfate English
- hyposulfuric English
- hyposulfurous English
- keratosulfate English
- methylsulfate English
- monosulfate English
- monosulfur English
- multisulfur English
- nonsulfur English
- nonsulfurous English
- octasulfate English
- octasulfur English
- organosulfate English
- organosulfur English
- organosulfurane English
- oxyhydroxysulfate English
- oxysulfate English
- pentasulfate English
- persulfate English
- persulfuric English
- phosphosulfate English
- polysulfate English
- radiosulfur English
- sesquisulfate English
- sulfatase English
- sulfate English
- sulfatian English
- sulfurane English
- sulfurase English
- sulfurate English
- sulfurian English
- sulfuric English
- sulfuriferous English
- sulfurise English
- sulfurization English
- sulfurize English
- sulfurless English
- sulfurlike English
- sulfurous English
- sulfurously English
- sulfurousness English
- sulfurtransferase English
- sulfurwort English
- sulfury English
- sulfuryl English
- sulfurylase English
- sulvanite English
- tetrasulfur English
- thiosulfate English
- thiosulfuric English
- transferase English
- trisulfate English
- unsulfurated English
- unsulfured English
- vanadium English
- wort English
- zircosulfate English
- sulfur Latin
- sulfureus Latin
- sulphur Latin
- zolfo Italian
- octasoufre French
- soufre French
- soufrer French
- soufrière French
- sulfate French
- *swelplos Proto-Indo-European
- *sweblaz Proto-Germanic
- swefl Old English
- sweflen Old English
- sulfur Danish
- sulfre Old French
- sofre Catalan, Valencian
- sulfur Catalan, Valencian
- xofre Galician
- sulfido Ido
- sulfito Ido
- sulfo Ido
- sulfur Malay
- ဆာလဖာ Burmese
- suffre Old Portuguese
- scljifur Aromanian
- salfa Swahili
- sufre Old Spanish
- suffuru Sicilian
- surfuru Sicilian
- sólfaro Venetian
- isalfari Xhosa
- sulfre xno
- wort
- sulfury
- sulfate
- sulfuric
- sulfuryl
- vanadium
- disulfur
- desulfur
- biosulfur
- sulfurane
- sulfatian
- sulfurate
- disulfate
- sulfurise
- bisulfate
- sulfurize
- sulfurian
- sulfurase
- desulfate
- sulvanite
- sulfatase
- nonsulfur
- sulfurous
- unsulfured
- oxysulfate
- octasulfur
- sulfurlike
- trisulfate
- persulfate
- monosulfur
- sulfurwort
- sulfurless
- disulfuric
- desulfurize
- thiosulfate
- monosulfate
- octasulfate
- hemisulfate
- tetrasulfur
- polysulfate
- sulfurously
- hyposulfate
- sulfurylase
- hexasulfate
- persulfuric
- transferase
- radiosulfur
- borosulfate
- multisulfur
- heptasulfate
- hydrosulfate
- unsulfurated
- organosulfur
- thiosulfuric
- pentasulfate
- nonsulfurous
- zircosulfate
- hyposulfuric
- sulfuriferous
- methylsulfate
- sulfurousness
- sulfurization
- sesquisulfate
- organosulfate
- dodecasulfate
- hydrosulfuric
- fluorosulfate
- hyposulfurous
- keratosulfate
- chlorosulfuric
- hydrosulfurous
- phosphosulfate
- hydrogensulfate
- aurothiosulfate
- organosulfurane
- arsenosulvanite
- cyclo-octasulfur
- oxyhydroxysulfate
- sulfurtransferase
- dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate