Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulphurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sul-phu-rate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of sulfurate.

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"a pale sulphurate colour"

Etymology

Etymology tree English sulphur Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sulphurate From sulphur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

sulphurates (present, singular) sulphurating (participle, present) sulphurated (participle, past) sulphurated (past) more sulphurate (comparative) most sulphurate (superlative)

Derived Forms

desulphurate sulphurator

Questions

What does sulphurate mean?: Alternative spelling of sulfurate.
Where does sulphurate come from?: Etymology tree English sulphur Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sulphurate From sulphur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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