Phrase guide

iron(II) sulfate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The green, crystalline salt of divalent iron and sulfuric acid, FeSO4, used as a pigment, and in water treatment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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

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19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كِبْرِيتَات الْحَدِيد الثَنَائِيّ (kibrītāt al-ḥadīd aṯ-ṯanāʔiyy) — FeSO4
  • Arabic: زَاج أَخْضَر (zāj ʔaḵḍar) — FeSO4
  • Arabic: قَلْقَطَار (qalqaṭār) — FeSO4
  • Bulgarian: зеле́н ка́мък (zelén kámǎk) — FeSO4
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硫酸亞鐵 /硫酸亚铁 (liúsuānyàtiě) — FeSO4
  • Czech: síran železnatý — FeSO4
  • Finnish: ferrosulfaatti — FeSO4
  • Finnish: rautavihtrilli — FeSO4
  • Finnish: rauta(II)sulfaatti — FeSO4
  • French: couperose — FeSO4
  • German: Eisen(II)-sulfat — FeSO4
  • German: Eisenvitriol — FeSO4
  • Hindi: हरा कसीस (harā kasīs) — FeSO4
  • Hungarian: vas(II)-szulfát — FeSO4
  • Russian: сульфат железа(II) — FeSO4
  • Scottish Gaelic: copar-dubhaidh — FeSO4
  • Scottish Gaelic: copar — FeSO4
  • Swedish: järn(II)sulfat — FeSO4
  • Swedish: järnvitriol — FeSO4