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sulfurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sul-fu-rate
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To treat or to combine something with sulfur.

verb

To treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).

verb

to spray/dust with sulfur.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sulfurate From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

sulfurates (present, singular) sulfurating (participle, present) sulfurated (participle, past) sulfurated (past)

Derived Forms

sulfuration sulfurator unsulfurated

Frequently Paired Words

sulphurate sulfuret sulphuret

Synonyms

sulfurize sulphurise sulfurise sulphurize

Questions

What does sulfurate mean?
To treat or to combine something with sulfur.
Where does sulfurate come from?
Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sulfurate From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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