English Explanatory Dictionary

sulfate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
verb
  1. To treat something with sulfuric acid, a sulfate, or with sulfur dioxide.
  2. To accumulate a deposit of lead sulfate.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌlfeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sulfate.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sulphate.wav

Word forms

sulfate sulfates sulphate sulfating sulfated

Etymology

From French sulfate, from New Latin sulphatum, taken from the expression acidum sulphatum (“sulfuric acid”), from sulphatus, from Latin sulphur (“sulfur”). The term was first used in 1787 by the French chemist L. B. G. De Morveau. Equivalent to sulf(ur) + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Derived words

aluminic sulfate aluminic sulphate aluminium sulfate aluminium sulphate aluminium sulfate hexadecahydrate aluminium sulphate hexadecahydrate ammonium laureth sulfate ammonium sulfate ammonium sulphate aurothiosulfate barium sulfate barium sulphate beryllium sulfate beryllium sulphate bisulfate bisulphate borosulfate cadmium sulfate cadmium sulphate calcium sulfate calcium sulphate ceric ammonium sulfate ceric ammonium sulphate ceric sulfate ceric sulphate chlorosulfate cobalt(II) sulfate copper(II) sulfate copper sulfate copper sulphate cupric sulfate cupric sulphate cuprosulfate cuprosulphate dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate dehydroepiandrosteronesulfate dermatan sulfate desulfate dimethyl sulfate disulfate disulphate dodecasulfate ferric sulfate ferroso-aluminic sulfate ferroso-aluminic sulphate ferrous sulfate ferrous sulphate fluorosulfate gadolinium ethyl sulfate gadolinium sulfate gadolinium sulphate gadolinium sulfate octahydrate gadolinium sulphate octahydrate glycosulfatase hemisulfate heparan sulfate heptasulfate hexasulfate hydrogensulfate hydrogen sulfate
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