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sulfite

/ˈsʌlfaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
sul-fite
IPA
/ˈsʌlfaɪt/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt of sulfurous acid.

American usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English sulfite From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sulfites (plural) sulphite (alternative)

Derived Forms

bisulfite bisulphite bromosulfite chlorosulfite desulfitobacterium disulfite fluorosulfite halosulfite hydrogensulfite hydrosulfite hydrosulphite hyposulfite

Phrases

beryllium sulfite beryllium sulphite cadmium sulfite cadmium sulphite hydrogen sulfite hydrogen sulphite potassium sulfite sodium hydrogen sulfite

Questions

How do you pronounce sulfite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌlfaɪt/.
What does sulfite mean?
Any salt of sulfurous acid.
Where does sulfite come from?
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English sulfite From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”).

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