Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfurian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fu-ri-an
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing sulfur atoms (in place of another element).

Etymology

From sulfur + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sulfur

Inflected Forms

sulphurian (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sulfatian sulfitian

Questions

What does sulfurian mean?: Containing sulfur atoms (in place of another element).
Where does sulfurian come from?: From sulfur + -ian.

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