sulfurous

English

Alternative forms

sulphurous (mainly UK)

Etymology

sulfur +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sulfurous (comparative more sulfurous, superlative most sulfurous)

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

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

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