Sulfur

//ˈsʌl.fɚ//

Synonyms for "sulfur" (14 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
atomic number 16

Strong matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
brimstone

Related words (7)

Noun(2 words)
ssulphur
Verb(1 words)
sulphur

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

64 entries

Showing 16 of 64 words.

at location

2 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

178 entries

Showing 16 of 178 words.

is a

5 entries

related to

52 entries

Showing 16 of 52 words.

Translations

209 translations across 137 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • swael noun (element)
  • swawel noun (element)

Albanian

1 entries
  • sulfur noun (element)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • θεῖον noun (element)

Arabic

4 entries
  • كبريت noun (element)
  • كَبريت noun (element)
  • كِبْرِيت noun (element)
  • كِبْرِيتِيّ noun (colour)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծծումբ noun (element)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • scljifur noun (element)
  • teafi noun (element)

Assamese

1 entries
  • গন্ধক noun (element)

Asturian

1 entries
  • azufre noun (element)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kükürd noun (element)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көкөрт noun (element)

Basque

1 entries
  • sufre noun (element)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • се́ра noun (element)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গন্ধক noun (element)

Bilba

1 entries
  • balilang noun (element)

Breton

1 entries
  • soufr noun (element)

Buginese

1 entries
  • belérang noun (element)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ся́ра noun (element)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကန့် noun (element)

Catalan

2 entries
  • sofre noun (element)
  • ensofrar verb (treat with sulfur)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • گۆگِرد noun (element)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • melireng noun (element)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 硫 noun (element)
  • 硫黄 noun (element)
  • 硫黄色 noun (colour)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • кӳкӗрт noun (element)

Cornish

2 entries
  • loskven noun (element)
  • sulfur noun (element)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • kükürt noun (element)

Czech

1 entries
  • síra noun (element)

Danish

2 entries
  • svovl noun (element)
  • svovle verb (treat with sulfur)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zwavel noun (element)

Erzya

1 entries
  • палыкандал noun (element)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sulfuro noun (element)

Estonian

1 entries
  • väävel noun (element)

Faroese

1 entries
  • svávul noun (element)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rikinkeltainen adj (colour)
  • rikinkeltainen noun (colour)
  • rikki noun (element)
  • rikittää verb (treat with sulfur)

French

3 entries
  • soufre adj (colour)
  • soufre noun (element)
  • soufre noun (colour)

Friulian

1 entries
  • solfar noun (element)

Galician

4 entries
  • arxofre noun (element)
  • enxofre noun (element)
  • xofre noun (element)
  • xufre noun (element)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გოგირდი noun (element)
  • გოგირდისფერი noun (colour)

German

1 entries
  • Schwefel noun (element)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌱𐌻𐍃 noun (element)

Greek

1 entries
  • θείο noun (element)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ગંધક noun (element)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גָּפְרִית noun (element)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गन्धक noun (element)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kénsárga adj (colour)
  • kén noun (element)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • brennisteinn noun (element)

Ido

4 entries
  • sulfea adj (colour)
  • sulfeo noun (colour)
  • sulfo noun (element)
  • sulfagar verb (treat with sulfur)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • belerang noun (element)
  • sulfur noun (element)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • rikki noun (element)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • sulfure noun (element)

Irish

2 entries
  • ruibh noun (element)
  • sulfar noun (element)

Italian

4 entries
  • sulfureo adj (colour)
  • sulfureo noun (colour)
  • zolfo noun (element)
  • solforare verb (treat with sulfur)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 硫黄色の adj (colour)
  • いおうしょく noun (colour)
  • 硫黄 noun (element)
  • 硫黄色 noun (colour)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ noun (element)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • sarka noun (element)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • күкірт noun (element)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ស្ពាន់ធ័រ noun (element)

Khün

2 entries
  • ᨣ᩶ᩤ᩠ᨶ noun (element)
  • ᨾᩣ᩠ᨯ noun (element)

Korean

4 entries
  • 유황색의 adj (colour)
  • 석유황 noun (element)
  • 유황 noun (element)
  • 유황색 noun (colour)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • күкүрт noun (element)

Lao

2 entries
  • ກຳມະຖັນ noun (element)
  • ມາດ noun (element)

Latin

3 entries
  • sulfur noun (element)
  • sulphur noun (element)
  • sulpur noun (element)

Latvian

1 entries
  • sērs noun (element)

Lisu

1 entries
  • ꓧꓪꓼ noun (element)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • siera noun (element)

Low German

2 entries
  • Svävel noun (element)
  • Swevel noun (element)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schwiefel noun (element)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦙᦱᧆ noun (element)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • сулфур noun (element)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • solifara noun (element)

Malay

2 entries
  • belerang noun (element)
  • sulfur noun (element)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഗന്ധകം noun (element)
  • സൾഫർ noun (element)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kubrit noun (element)

Manx

1 entries
  • sulfur noun (element)

Marathi

1 entries
  • गंधक noun (element)

Middle English

1 entries
  • sulphur noun (element)

Middle French

1 entries
  • soufre noun (element)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хүхэр noun (element)

Māori

3 entries
  • ohaki noun (element)
  • pungatara noun (element)
  • pūngāwhā noun (element)

Navajo

1 entries
  • łeetsoii noun (element)

Ngaju

1 entries
  • barirang noun (element)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kewkurd noun (element)
  • kirkût noun (element)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᨾᩣ᩠ᨯ noun (element)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • svovel noun (element)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • svovel noun (element)

Occitan

2 entries
  • sofre noun (element)
  • solpre noun (element)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • жоупелъ noun (element)

Old English

1 entries
  • swefl noun (element)

Old French

1 entries
  • sulfre noun (element)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • كبریت noun (element)
  • كوكرد noun (element)

Pashto

2 entries
  • سلفر noun (element)
  • ګوګړ noun (element)

Persian

2 entries
  • کبریت noun (element)
  • گوگرد noun (element)

Polish

1 entries
  • siarka noun (element)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • enxofre noun (element)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਗੰਧਕ noun (element)

Romanian

3 entries
  • pucioasă noun (element)
  • sulf noun (element)
  • sulfurare verb (treat with sulfur)

Russian

1 entries
  • се́ра noun (element)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • गन्धक noun (element)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • súlfaru noun (element)
  • súlfuru noun (element)
  • súrfuru noun (element)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • pronnasdail noun (element)
  • pronnasg noun (element)
  • pronnastan noun (element)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sumpor noun (element)
  • сумпор noun (element)

Shan

1 entries
  • ၵၢၼ်ႉ noun (element)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • suffuru noun (element)
  • sùrfuru noun (element)

Sinhalese

2 entries
  • ගෙන්දගම් noun (element)
  • සල්ෆර් noun (element)

Slovak

1 entries
  • síra noun (element)

Slovene

1 entries
  • žveplo noun (element)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кӱӱрт noun (element)

Spanish

2 entries
  • azufre noun (element)
  • azufrar verb (treat with sulfur)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • walirang noun (element)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kiberiti noun (element)
  • salfa noun (element)

Swedish

2 entries
  • svavel noun (element)
  • svavla verb (treat with sulfur)

Tae'

1 entries
  • balirang noun (element)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • asupre noun (element)
  • sangyawa noun (element)

Tai Dam

1 entries
  • ꪬꪸꪣꪎꪲꪉ noun (element)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гӯгирд noun (element)

Taliabu

1 entries
  • walirang noun (element)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கந்தகம் noun (element)

Tatar

1 entries
  • күкерт noun (element)

Tausug

1 entries
  • maylang noun (element)

Ternate

1 entries
  • walirang noun (element)

Tetum

1 entries
  • baliran noun (element)

Thai

3 entries
  • กำมะถัน noun (element)
  • ซัลเฟอร์ noun (element)
  • มาศ noun (element)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མུ་ཟི noun (element)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kükürt noun (element)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • kükürt noun (element)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сі́рка noun (element)

Urdu

2 entries
  • کبریت noun (element)
  • گندھک noun (element)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • گۈڭگۈرت noun (element)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • oltingugurt noun (element)
  • олтингугурт noun (element)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lưu huỳnh noun (element)

Volapük

1 entries
  • sulfin noun (element)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sylffwr noun (element)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • swevel noun (element)

Wolio

1 entries
  • walira noun (element)

Yakan

1 entries
  • meylang noun (element)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • שוועבל noun (element)

Yoruba

4 entries
  • imí-òòrùn noun (element)
  • imí-òṣùmàrè noun (element)
  • imí-ọjọ́ noun (element)
  • sọ́ọ́fọ̀ noun (element)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • vuengzcungq noun (element)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sulfur is used to make matches.

Source: tatoeba (325500)

Sulfur burns with a blue flame.

Source: tatoeba (325501)

Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur and selenium are nonmetals.

Source: tatoeba (1555658)

Our atmosphere contains 21% oxygen, which is necessary for us to breathe, 78% nitrogen, and 0.9% argon. The other 0.1% consists of water vapor, carbon dioxide, neon, methane, krypton, helium, xenon, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone.

Source: tatoeba (3955495)

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