sulfur

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefel and largely displaced brimstone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌl.fə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌl.fɚ/

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• Hyphenation: sul‧fur

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:  

Adjective

sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)

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

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.

See also

Further reading

• “Sulfur” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• sulfur mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Noun

sulfur m (plural sulfurs)

1. sulfur, sulphur

Noun

sulfur

1. (obsolete) sulphur
   • 1855, Tidsskrift for populære fremstillinger af naturvidenskaben, page 379

     ... men meget snart gik man bort fra disse bestemte Stoffer, og Sulfur og Mercurius gik nu fra at være  ...

   • 1896, Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann, Overtro og trolddom fra de æeldste tider til vore dage

     ... forskellige Stoffer adskilte sig kun fra hinanden derved, at de indeholdt forskellige Mængder af Sulfur og Merkurius; ...

   • 1918, Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter: Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling

     Thi Agerjord er ikke andet end brændbare Bestanddele (Sulfur) og Alkali (sal fixum), ...

Alternative forms

• sulphur, sulpur

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Sanskrit शुल्बारि (śulbāri, “sulfur”). Also compare Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb, “sulfur”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈsʊɫ.fʊr]

Noun

sulfur n (genitive sulfuris); third declension

1. sulfur, brimstone
2. lightning

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
• sulfur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Alternative forms

• سولفور‎

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sulfur (Jawi spelling سولفور)

1. sulfur (element)