Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bisulfite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: bisul-fite
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- 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 English bisulfite From bi- + sulfite.

Inflected Forms

bisulfites (plural) bisulphite (alternative)

Derived Forms

bisulfited metabisulfite

Phrases

sodium bisulfite

Questions

What does bisulfite mean?: The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
Where does bisulfite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- 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 English bisulfite From bi- + sulfite.

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