sulfite
/ˈsʌlfaɪt/
sulfite noun: any salt of sulfurous acid.
Noun
sulfite (plural sulfites)
- Any salt of sulfurous acid.
sulfite meaning in Telugu
sulfite in Telugu
- salt of sulfurous acid
- సల్ఫైటు salphaiṭu
Forms of sulfite
| plural | sulfites |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sulphite |
Origin of sulfite
From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”).
Words formed from sulfite
- beryllium sulfite
- beryllium sulphite
- bisulfite
- bisulphite
- bromosulfite
- cadmium sulfite
- cadmium sulphite
- chlorosulfite
- desulfitobacterium
- disulfite
- fluorosulfite
- halosulfite
- hydrogensulfite
- hydrogen sulfite
- hydrogen sulphite
- hydrosulfite
- hydrosulphite
- hyposulfite
- hyposulphite
- iodosulfite
- 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
- sulfitian
- sulfitic
- thiosulfite
- thiosulphite
Questions about sulfite
- What does sulfite mean?
- Sulfite means any salt of sulfurous acid.
- What is sulfite in Telugu?
- Sulfite in Telugu is సల్ఫైటు (salphaiṭu). See Sulfite meaning in Telugu.
- What part of speech is sulfite?
- Sulfite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sulfite?
- Sulfite is pronounced /ˈsʌlfaɪt/.
- What is the plural of sulfite?
- The plural of sulfite is sulfites.
Words near sulfite in the dictionary
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