"sulfosalt" meaning in English

See sulfosalt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: sulfosalts [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English sulfosalt From sulfo- + salt. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sulfo-|salt|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English sulfo- Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt English sulfosalt [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulpur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulfur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "sulphur", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "sulfre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "sulphur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sulfur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "connective", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ο-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-o-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-o-", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sulfo-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "saliō", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tus", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "suffix forming action nouns from verbs" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "saltus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "salt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sulfosalt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="sulfosalt"> From sulfo- + salt. Head templates: {{en-noun}} sulfosalt (plural sulfosalts)
  1. (mineralogy) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium). Translations (a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal): sulfosel [masculine] (French), Sulfosalz [neuter] (German), sulfossal [masculine] (Portuguese), sulfosal [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "sulfo-",
        "4": "salt",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin sulpur\nLatin sulfur\nLatin sulphur\nAnglo-Norman sulfrebor.\nMiddle English sulphur\nEnglish sulfur\nAncient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.\nLatin -o-bor.\nEnglish -o-\nEnglish sulfo-\nLatin saliō\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Italic *-tus\nLatin -tus\nLatin saltusbor.\nEnglish salt\nEnglish sulfosalt\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulpur\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulfur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulphur\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Anglo-Norman\", \"term\" : \"sulfre\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"xno\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"sulphur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ο-\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-o-\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-o-\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfo-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"saliō\", \"status\" : \"ambiguous\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\", \"pos\" : \"suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tus\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"suffix forming action nouns from verbs\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"saltus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"salt\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfosalt\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"sulfosalt\">\nFrom sulfo- + salt.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin sulpur\nLatin sulfur\nLatin sulphur\nAnglo-Norman sulfrebor.\nMiddle English sulphur\nEnglish sulfur\nAncient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.\nLatin -o-bor.\nEnglish -o-\nEnglish sulfo-\nLatin saliō\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Italic *-tus\nLatin -tus\nLatin saltusbor.\nEnglish salt\nEnglish sulfosalt\nFrom sulfo- + salt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sulfosalts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sulfosalt (plural sulfosalts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with sulfo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Minerals",
          "orig": "en:Minerals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium)."
      ],
      "id": "en-sulfosalt-en-noun-K3HLw234",
      "links": [
        [
          "mineralogy",
          "mineralogy"
        ],
        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
        ],
        [
          "sulfide",
          "sulfide"
        ],
        [
          "mineral",
          "mineral"
        ],
        [
          "proportions",
          "proportions"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "semi-metal",
          "semi-metal"
        ],
        [
          "sulfur",
          "sulfur"
        ],
        [
          "selenium",
          "selenium"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mineralogy) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sulfosel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Sulfosalz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sulfossal"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sulfosal"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulfosalt"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "sulfo-",
        "4": "salt",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin sulpur\nLatin sulfur\nLatin sulphur\nAnglo-Norman sulfrebor.\nMiddle English sulphur\nEnglish sulfur\nAncient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.\nLatin -o-bor.\nEnglish -o-\nEnglish sulfo-\nLatin saliō\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Italic *-tus\nLatin -tus\nLatin saltusbor.\nEnglish salt\nEnglish sulfosalt\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulpur\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulfur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"sulphur\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Anglo-Norman\", \"term\" : \"sulfre\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"xno\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"sulphur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"connective\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ο-\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-o-\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-o-\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfo-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"saliō\", \"status\" : \"ambiguous\", \"lang\" : \"la\" }, { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\", \"pos\" : \"suffix deriving action nouns from verb roots\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-tus\", \"lang\" : \"la\", \"pos\" : \"suffix forming action nouns from verbs\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"saltus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"salt\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"sulfosalt\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"sulfosalt\">\nFrom sulfo- + salt.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin sulpur\nLatin sulfur\nLatin sulphur\nAnglo-Norman sulfrebor.\nMiddle English sulphur\nEnglish sulfur\nAncient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.\nLatin -o-bor.\nEnglish -o-\nEnglish sulfo-\nLatin saliō\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Italic *-tus\nLatin -tus\nLatin saltusbor.\nEnglish salt\nEnglish sulfosalt\nFrom sulfo- + salt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sulfosalts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sulfosalt (plural sulfosalts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with sulfo-",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Minerals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mineralogy",
          "mineralogy"
        ],
        [
          "complex",
          "complex"
        ],
        [
          "sulfide",
          "sulfide"
        ],
        [
          "mineral",
          "mineral"
        ],
        [
          "proportions",
          "proportions"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "semi-metal",
          "semi-metal"
        ],
        [
          "sulfur",
          "sulfur"
        ],
        [
          "selenium",
          "selenium"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mineralogy) A complex sulfide mineral with certain proportions of a metal, a semi-metal, and sulfur (or, rarely, selenium)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sulfosel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sulfosalz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sulfossal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "a type of complex sulfide mineral with a metal and semimetal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sulfosal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sulfosalt"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sulfosalt meaning in English (6.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.