sulphur

See also: Sulphur

sulphur - English

Noun

sulphur (countable and uncountable, plural sulphurs)

Alternative spelling of sulfur

Derived terms

Verb

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

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.

Anagrams

uphurls

sulphur - Latin

Alternative forms

sulpur (archaic)
sulfur (late-Classical)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA: /ˈsul.pʰur/, [ˈs̠ʊɫ̪pʰʊr]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈsulfur]

Noun

sulphur n (genitive sulphuris); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: scljifur
- Romanian: sulf
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: zolfo, solfo (dated)
- Sicilian: sùrfuru
Padanian:
- Emilian: solfar, suifre
- Friulian: solfar
- Lombard: solfor, solfer, sofrec
  - Alpine: sofri, solfri, sofric
- Piedmontese: sofro, sorfo, solfo
- Romansch: zulper
- Venetian: solfer, sólfaro, solfare, solfar
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Northern French: sulfre
  - Anglo-Norman: sulfre
    - → English: sulfur, sulphur
      - → Malay: sulfur / سولفور‎
- Franco-Provençal: sopro, sofro
- Old French: soufre, soffre
  - French: soufre
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: xufre, ixufre
  - Ribagorçan: eixufre
- Catalan: sofre
- Occitan: sofre
  - Auvergnat: siupre, supre
  - Languedocien: solpre, siupre
  - Limousin: siufre
  - Provençal: soupre, sopre, soufre
  - Vivaro-Alpine: sòupre, sopre, siupre
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: suffre
  - Galician: xofre
  - Portuguese: enxofre
- Old Spanish: sufre
  - → Basque: sufre
  - Spanish: azufre
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: súlfaru, súlfuru, súrfuru
Borrowings:
- → Albanian: squfuri, sulfur
- → Catalan: sulfur
- → English: sulfur, sulphur
  - → Welsh: sylffwr

sulphur - Middle English

Alternative forms

sulphre, sulphure, sulphour, sulpher, sulpur, sulfur, sulfurre, sulfer, soulphre, soulfre, solfre, soufur, soufre

Noun

sulphur (plural sulphurs)

sulfur

Descendants

English: sulphur, sulfur