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disulphite

disulphite is the alternative form of disulfite.

Meaning of disulfite

Noun

disulfite (plural disulfites)

  1. The divalent anion S₂O₅²⁻, or any salt containing this anion
  2. bisulfite

Forms of disulphite

pluraldisulphites

Origin of disulphite

From di- + sulphite.

Questions about disulphite

What is disulphite the alternative form of?
Disulphite is the alternative form of disulfite.

Words near disulphite in the dictionary

  1. disulphate
  2. disulphates
  3. disulphide
  4. disulphides
  5. disulphiram
  6. disulphite
  7. disulphites
  8. disulphonate
  9. disulphonated
  10. disulphonates
  11. disulphonic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disulphite (page history and authors); disulfite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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