sulfite

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)

1. (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
• 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 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

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

sulfite m (plural sulfites)

1. sulfite

Further reading

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