sulfite

See also: Sulfite

English

Alternative forms

sulphite (mainly UK)

Etymology

sulfur +‎ -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌlfaɪt/

Noun

sulfite (plural sulfites)

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

Derived terms

beryllium sulfite, beryllium sulphite
bisulfite, bisulphite
cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
hydrogen sulfite, hydrogen sulphite
hydrosulfite, hydrosulphite
hyposulfite, hyposulphite
potassium sulfite
pyrosulfite, pyrosulphite
sodium hydrogen sulfite, sodium hydrogen sulphite
sodium sulfite, sodium sulphite
sulfite of lime, sulphite of lime
sulfite of soda, sulphite of soda
sulfite pulp, sulphite pulp
thiosulfite, thiosulphite

Translations

salt of sulfurous acid

Catalan: sulfit m
Czech: siřičitan m, sulfit m
Dutch: sulfiet (nl)
Finnish: sulfiitti (fi)
French: sulfite (fr) m
Galician: sulfito m
German: Sulfit (de) n
Hungarian: szulfit (hu)
Ido: sulfito (io)
Irish: suilfít f
Italian: solfito (it) m
Polish: siarczyn (pl) m
Portuguese: sulfito (pt) m
Spanish: sulfito m
Swedish: sulfit (sv) c or n
Telugu: సల్ఫైటు (salphaiṭu)
Turkish: sülfit (tr)

Anagrams

fistule

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

sulfite m (plural sulfites)

sulfite

Further reading

“sulfite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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