sulfurous

English

Alternative forms

• sulphurous (mainly UK)

Etymology

From Latin sulphurōsus. By surface analysis, sulfur +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlfəɹəs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌlˈfjuɹəs/

Adjective

sulfurous (comparative more sulfurous, superlative most sulfurous)

1. (American spelling) Containing sulfur.
   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 191:

     It must be so—I will arise and waken
     The multitude, and like a sulphurous hill,
     Which on a sudden from its snows had shaken
     The swoon of ages, it shall burst, and fill
     The world with cleansing fire; it must, it will—
     It may not be restrained!

2. (chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its lower oxidation state.

Synonyms

• sulfureous (now rare)

Derived terms

• sulfurous acid, sulphurous acid
• sulfurous chloride, sulphurous chloride

Translations

containing sulfur

• Catalan: sulfurós m
• Finnish: rikkipitoinen
• French: sulfureux (fr)
• Ido: sulfoza (io)
• Italian: solfifero (it)
• Latin: sulfureus
• Manx: sulfuragh
• Persian: گوگردی (fa) (gôgerdi)
• Portuguese: sulfuroso
• Romanian: sulfuros (ro) m or n
• Russian: серни́стый (ru) (sernístyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnasgail
• Spanish: sulfuroso
• Turkish: kükürtlü (tr)

of or relating to sulfur

• Bulgarian: сернист (sernist)
• Finnish: rikki-
• Ido: sulfala
• Italian: solforoso (it)
• Manx: sulfuragh
• Persian: گوگردی (fa) (gôgerdi)
• Portuguese: sulfuroso, sulfúreo, sulfúrico (pt)
• Russian: се́рный (ru) (sérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnasgach
• Spanish: sulfuroso

See also

• sulfuric