sulfuric

English

Alternative forms

• sulphuric (mainly UK)

Etymology

From French sulfurique. See sulfur +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌlˈfjʊəɹɪk/
• (US) enPR: sŭlfūr'ĭk, IPA^(key): /sʌlˈfjuɹɪk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

sulfuric (not comparable)

1. (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

• Bulgarian: серен (seren)
• Catalan: sulfúric, sulfuri (ca)
• Finnish: rikki- (fi)
• French: sulfurique (fr)
• Friulian: sulforic
• German: Schwefel- m
• Irish: ruibheach
• Italian: solforico (it)
• Macedonian: сулфурен (sulfuren)
• Manx: sulfuragh
• Polish: siarkowy (pl)
• Portuguese: sulfúrico (pt) m
• Romanian: sulfuric (ro) m or n
• Russian: се́рный (ru) m (sérnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: pronnasgach
• Sicilian: surfùricu m
• Spanish: sulfúreo, sulfúrico (es)
• Swedish: sulfur-
• Ukrainian: сірча́ний (sirčányj)
• Welsh: sylffwrig

See also

• sulfurous

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)

1. sulfuric

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)