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sulfuret

/ˈsʌlfjəˌɹɛt/

sulfuret noun: a sulfide. Also the alternative form of sulfurate.

Noun

sulfuret (plural sulfurets)

  1. (obsolete) A sulfide.
    • The French word for sulphur is soufre, and the new French name for the combinations of sulphur in its simple state with metals, &c. is sulfure. Thus in the French language there is a remarkable difference between the words soufre and sulfure: but in English, especially as spondees are very uncommon...

Also used as

sulfuret is also the alternative form of sulfurate.

Forms of sulfuret

Noun
pluralsulfurets
Verb
third-person singular presentsulfurets
present participle USsulfureting
present participle UKsulfuretting
past participle USsulfureted
past USsulfureted
past participle UKsulfuretted
past UKsulfuretted

Origin of sulfuret

From Latin sulphuretum (“relating to sulphur; sulphide”), coined in 1788 as sulphuret by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation of French sulfure. By surface analysis, sulfur + -uret.

Questions about sulfuret

What does sulfuret mean?
Sulfuret means a sulfide.
What part of speech is sulfuret?
Sulfuret is a noun.
How do you pronounce sulfuret?
Sulfuret is pronounced /ˈsʌlfjəˌɹɛt/.
What is the plural of sulfuret?
The plural of sulfuret is sulfurets.

Words near sulfuret in the dictionary

  1. sulfurator
  2. sulfurators
  3. sulfured
  4. sulfureous
  5. sulfureously
  6. sulfuret
  7. sulfureted
  8. sulfureting
  9. sulfurets
  10. sulfuretted
  11. sulfuretting

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