Phrase guide

copper sulfate

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of copper(II) sulfate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, inorganic-chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copper(II) sulfate

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sulfate, sulphate

Narrower terms: blue vitriol, blue copperas, blue stone, chalcanthite

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سُلْفَات اَلنُّحَاس (sulfāt an-nuḥās) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Armenian: պղնձարջասպ (pġnjarǰasp) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硫酸銅 /硫酸铜 (liúsuāntóng) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Erzya: сэнькев (sëńkev) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Finnish: kuparisulfaatti — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Ancient Greek: χάλκανθον (khálkanthon) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Indonesian: terusi — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Isan: หินเขียว (hǐn-kǐao) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Korean: 황산제이구리 (hwangsanjeiguri) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Central Kurdish: ژەنگاڵ (jengall) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Macedonian: модар камен (modar kamen) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Malay: terusi — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Malayalam: തുരിശ് (turiśŭ) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Māori: konukura pākawapungatara — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kobbersulfat — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: koparsulfat — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Romanian: sulfat de cupru — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Russian: сульфа́т ме́ди (sulʹfát médi) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Russian: ме́дный купоро́с (médnyj kuporós) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Sundanese: turusi — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Central Thai: จุนสี (jun-sǐi) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4
  • Central Thai: จุณสี (jun-sǐi) — the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4