sulphur

See also: Sulphur

English

Noun

sulphur (countable and uncountable, plural sulphurs)

  1. Alternative spelling of sulfur
  2. a sulphur butterfly

Derived terms

Verb

sulphur (third-person singular simple present sulphurs, present participle sulphuring, simple past and past participle sulphured)

  1. Alternative spelling of sulfur

Usage notes
  • This is the traditional popular spelling in the UK and India, and an alternative spelling in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. However, it is considered non-standard in scientific contexts, as the IUPAC has only approved the spelling sulfur.[1]

References
  1. Nature Chemistry 1, 333 (2009). doi:10.1038/nchem.301

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Hellenisation of earlier sulpur, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sulphur n (genitive sulphuris); third declension

  1. sulfur, brimstone
  2. lightning

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sulphur sulphura
Genitive sulphuris sulphurum
Dative sulphurī sulphuribus
Accusative sulphur sulphura
Ablative sulphure sulphuribus
Vocative sulphur sulphura

Descendants

References
  • sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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