"sulfite" meaning in English

See sulfite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌlfaɪt/ Forms: sulfites [plural]
Etymology: From sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sulfur|-ite|t2=suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous}} sulfur + -ite (“suffix used for salts of acids ending in -ous”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sulfite (plural sulfites)
  1. (American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid. Wikipedia link: sulfite Tags: US Categories (topical): Inorganic chemistry Synonyms: sulphite [UK, mainly] Translations (salt of sulfurous acid): sulfit [masculine] (Catalan), siřičitan [masculine] (Czech), sulfit [masculine] (Czech), sulfiet (Dutch), sulfiitti (Finnish), sulfite [masculine] (French), sulfito [masculine] (Galician), Sulfit [neuter] (German), szulfit (Hungarian), sulfito (Ido), suilfít [feminine] (Irish), solfito [masculine] (Italian), siarczyn [masculine] (Polish), sulfito [masculine] (Portuguese), sulfito [masculine] (Spanish), sulfit [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), సల్ఫైటు (salphaiṭu) (Telugu), sülfit (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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