sulphur
See also: Sulphur
English
Noun
sulphur (countable and uncountable, plural sulphurs)
- Alternative spelling of sulfur
- a sulphur butterfly
Derived terms
- Hot Sulphur Springs
- Owly sulphur, a type of owlfly
- sulphur spring
- Sulphur Springs
- White Sulphur Springs
Verb
sulphur (third-person singular simple present sulphurs, present participle sulphuring, simple past and past participle sulphured)
- Alternative spelling of sulfur
Usage notes
References
- Nature Chemistry 1, 333 (2009). doi:10.1038/nchem.301
Latin
Etymology
From a Hellenisation of earlier sulpur, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsul.pʰur/, [ˈsʊɫ.pʰʊr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsul.fur/
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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