Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfurize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-fu-r-ize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sulfurize From sulfur + -ize.

Inflected Forms

sulfurizes (present, singular) sulfurizing (participle, present) sulfurized (participle, past) sulfurized (past)

Derived Forms

desulfurize

Frequently Paired Words

sulfurise sulphurise sulphurize

Synonyms

sulfurate sulphurate sulfuret sulphuret

Questions

What does sulfurize mean?: To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.
Where does sulfurize come from?: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sulfurize From sulfur + -ize.

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