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sulfurate en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sulfurate From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. To treat or to combine something with sulfur.
  2. To treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
  3. (rare) to spray/dust with sulfur.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sulfurating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sulfurates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sulfurated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sulfurated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

sulfuration · unsulfurated · sulfurator

Relateds

sulphuret · sulphuret · sulphurate · sulfuret · sulfuret · sulphurate · sulphurate · sulfuret · sulphuret

Synonyms

sulfurise · sulphurise · sulphurise · sulphurize · sulphurize · sulfurize · sulfurise · sulfurize · sulphurise · sulfurise · sulfurize · sulphurize

Translations (8)

ca sulfurar (chemistry) · de schwefeln (chemistry) · it solforare (agriculture) · es sulfurar (chemistry) · el θειαφίζω (agriculture) · el θειαφίζω (wine) · fi rikittää (chemistry) · it solforare (chemistry)