sulfuric
English
Alternative forms
- sulphuric (mainly UK)
Etymology
From French sulfurique. See sulfur + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sulfuric (not comparable)
- (American spelling, chemistry) Of, or relating to sulfur, especially in its higher oxidation state
Derived terms
- hydrosulfuric, hydrosulphuric
- iodosulfuric, iodosulphuric
- nitrosulfuric, nitrosulphuric
- persulfuric
- sulfuric acid
- sulfuric anhydride, sulphuric anhydride
- sulfuric chloride
- sulfuric ether, sulphuric ether
- sulfuric oxide, sulphuric oxide
Translations
relating to sulfur
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See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sulfurique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sulˈfu.rik/
Adjective
sulfuric m or n (feminine singular sulfurică, masculine plural sulfurici, feminine and neuter plural sulfurice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | sulfuric | sulfurică | sulfurici | sulfurice | |||
| definite | sulfuricul | sulfurica | sulfuricii | sulfuricele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | sulfuric | sulfurice | sulfurici | sulfurice | |||
| definite | sulfuricului | sulfuricei | sulfuricilor | sulfuricelor | ||||
Further reading
- “sulfuric”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025