Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfide

/sˈʌlfˌaɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fide
IPA: /sˈʌlfˌaɪd/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

American usage

noun

(organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

Example Sentences

"Newmont Mining Corp's Yanacocha sulfides project to expand gold production in Peru has been delayed and will only be developed "at the pace the pandemic allows," CEO Tom Palmer said on Wednesday at an industry conference."
"By analysing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the researchers found evidence of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide in the atmosphere of the planet known as K2-18b. The planet is 124 light-years away; one light-year is equivalent to nearly 6 trillion miles."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide From sulf(ur) + -ide.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

sulfides (plural) sulphide (alternative, UK)

Derived Forms

allylsulfide bisulfide bisulphide carbonylsulfide decasulfide disulfide disulphide episulfide ferrosulfide heptasulfide heptasulphide hexasulfide

Phrases

aluminum sulfide aluminium sulphide antimony sulfide antimony sulphide arsenic sulfide arsenio-sulfide arsenio-sulphide arseno-sulfide

Frequently Paired Words

thioether thiol mercaptan

Synonyms

sulphide

Rhymes With

hydrosulfide

Questions

How do you pronounce sulfide?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈʌlfˌaɪd/.
What does sulfide mean?: Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.
Where does sulfide come from?: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) English -ide English sulfide From sulf(ur) + -ide.

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