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sulfide

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any compound of sulfur and a metal or other electropositive element or group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

(organosulfide) A class of organic compounds RSR', where R and R' represent an alkyl group or other organic substituent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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noun

Meaning 3

a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: sulphide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compound, chemical compound

Narrower terms: pyrites, hydrogen sulfide, iron disulfide, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English sulfide From sulf(ur) + -ide.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: sulfur — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Czech: sulfid — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Dutch: sulfide — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Esperanto: sulfido — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Finnish: sulfidi — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
French: sulfure — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
German: Sulfid — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Hungarian: szulfid — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Ido: sulfido — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Irish: suilfíd — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Italian: solfuro — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Polish: siarczek — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Portuguese: sulfeto — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Romanian: sulfură — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Russian: сульфи́д (sulʹfíd) — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group
Spanish: sulfuro — any compound of sulfur and a metal or electropositive element or group

Word forms

Inflections and variants

sulfides — plural
sulphide — alternative, UK

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: allylsulfide, aluminum sulfide, aluminium sulphide, antimony sulfide, antimony sulphide, arsenic sulfide, arsenio-sulfide, arsenio-sulphide, arseno-sulfide, arseno-sulphide, barium sulfide, barium sulphide, bisulfide, bisulphide, cadmic sulfide, cadmic sulphide, cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide, calcium sulfide, calcium sulphide, carbon sulfide, carbon sulphide, carbonylsulfide, carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide, copper sulfide, copper sulphide, cupric sulfide, cupric sulphide, cuprous sulfide, cuprous sulphide, decasulfide, dichlorodiethyl sulfide, dimethyl sulfide, disulfide, disulphide, episulfide, ferric sulfide, ferric sulphide, ferrosulfide, ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide, heptasulfide, heptasulphide, hexasulfide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen sulphide, hydrosulfide, hydrosulphide, iodosulfide, iodosulphide, iron sulfide, iron sulphide, lead sulfide, lead sulphide, lithium sulfide, lithium sulphide, magnesium sulfide, magnesium sulphide, mercuric sulfide, mercuric sulphide, mercurous sulfide, mercurous sulphide, mercury sulfide, mercury sulphide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum sulphide, monosulfide, nickel sulfide, nickel sulphide, nonasulfide, octasulfide, oligosulfide, organosulfide, oxysulfide, oxysulphide, pentasulfide, pentasulphide, persulfide, phosphine sulfide, plumbous sulfide, plumbous sulphide, polyphenylene sulfide, polysulfide, polysulphide, protosulfide, selenium sulfide, selenium sulphide, selenosulfide, selenylsulfide, sesquisulfide, sesquisulphide, silver sulfide, silver sulphide, sodium sulfide, sodium sulphide, stannic sulfide, stannic sulphide, subsulfide, sulfidation, sulphidation, sulfided, sulfide of antimony, sulphide of antimony, sulfide of arsenic, sulphide of arsenic, sulfide of carbon, sulphide of carbon, sulfide of hydrogen, sulphide of hydrogen, sulfidic, sulphidic, sulfiding, sulphiding, sulfidogenic, tellurium sulfide, tellurium sulphide, tetrasulfide, thallium sulfide, thallium sulphide, thiosulfide, thiosulphide, trisulfide, tungsten sulfide, tungsten sulphide, undecasulfide, vanadium sulfide, vanadium sulphide, vanadous sulfide, vanadous sulphide, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

Related: thioether, thiol, mercaptan

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Other relationships

Hypernyms: compound, chemical compound

Hyponyms: pyrites, hydrogen sulfide, iron disulfide, cadmium sulfide, zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide

Meronyms: sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16

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