Phrase guide

hydrogen sulfide

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

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  • UK: /ˈhaɪdɹədʒ(ə)n ˈsʌlfaɪd/
  • US: /ˈhaɪdɹədʒən ˈsʌlfaɪd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A toxic gas, H2S, smelling like rotten eggs and used in analytical chemistry and industry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sulfide, sulphide

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 硫化氢 (liúhuàqīng) — H2S
  • Czech: sirovodík — H2S
  • Dutch: waterstofsulfide — H2S
  • Finnish: rikkivety — H2S
  • Finnish: divetysulfidi — H2S
  • French: sulfure d'hydrogène — H2S
  • French: hydrogène sulfuré — H2S
  • German: Schwefelwasserstoff — H2S
  • Hungarian: kén-hidrogén — H2S
  • Hungarian: hidrogén-szulfid — H2S
  • Japanese: 硫化水素 (ryūka suiso) — H2S
  • Kazakh: күкіртті сутек (kükırttı sutek) — H2S
  • Korean: 황화수소 (hwanghwasuso) — H2S
  • Korean: 유화수소 (yuhwasuso) — H2S
  • Latvian: sērūdeņradis — H2S
  • Polish: siarkowodór — H2S
  • Portuguese: sulfeto de hidrogênio — H2S
  • Romanian: sulfură de hidrogen — H2S
  • Romanian: hidrogen sulfurat — H2S
  • Russian: сероводоро́д (serovodoród) — H2S
  • Russian: сульфи́д водоро́да (sulʹfíd vodoróda) — H2S
  • Slovene: žveplovodik — H2S
  • Spanish: sulfuro de hidrógeno — H2S
  • Swedish: svavelväte — H2S
  • Turkish: hidrojen sülfür — H2S