zolfo

Italian

Chemical element
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Etymology

From the older form solfo, from Latin sulphur, sulfur, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zol.fo/, /ˈt͡sol.fo/
Hyphenation: zól‧fo

Noun

zolfo m (plural zolfi)

(chemistry) sulfur, sulphur
brimstone

Related terms

Derived terms

candelotto di zolfo (“sulfur candle”)
diossido di zolfo (“sulfur dioxide”)
solfato (“sulfate”)
solfidrico (“hydrosulfuric”)
solfifero (“sulfurous”)
solfitare (“to sulfate”)
solfito (“sulfite”)
solfonazione (“sulfonation”)
solforare, solfare (“to sulfur”)
solforato (“sulfurated”)

solforatrice (“apparatus for applying sulfur to crops as a pesticide”)
solforico (“sulfuric”)
solforoso (“sulfurous”)
solfuro (“sulfide”)
triossido di zolfo (“sulfur trioxide”)
zolfanello (“sulfur match, lucifer; wick impregnated with sulfur”)
zolfara, solfara (“sulfur mine”)
zolfatara, solfatara

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