Phrase guide

sulfuric acid

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A transparent, oily liquid, formula H2SO4, that is a strong acid with many industrial applications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: E513

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vitriol, oil of vitriol, sulphuric acid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acid

Narrower terms: battery acid, electrolyte acid

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծծմբական թթու (ccmbakan tʻtʻu) — H2SO4
  • Catalan: àcid sulfúric — H2SO4
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硫酸 (liúsuān) — H2SO4
  • Czech: kyselina sírová — H2SO4
  • Danish: svovlsyre — H2SO4
  • Dutch: zwavelzuur — H2SO4
  • Estonian: väävelhape — H2SO4
  • Faroese: svávulsýra — H2SO4
  • Finnish: rikkihappo — H2SO4
  • French: acide sulfurique — H2SO4
  • Georgian: გოგირდმჟავა (gogirdmžava) — H2SO4
  • German: Schwefelsäure — H2SO4
  • Greek: θειικό οξύ (theiikó oxý) — H2SO4
  • Gujarati: ગંધકામ્લ (gandhkāmla) — H2SO4
  • Hindi: गंधकाम्ल (gandhkāmla) — H2SO4
  • Hungarian: kénsav — H2SO4
  • Icelandic: brennisteinssýra — H2SO4
  • Ido: sulfatacido — H2SO4
  • Indonesian: asam sulfat — H2SO4
  • Italian: acido solforico — H2SO4
  • Japanese: 硫酸 (ryūsan) — H2SO4
  • Javanese: asem sulfat — H2SO4
  • Khmer: អាស៊ីតស៊ុលផួរិច (ʼaasiit sulphuərɨc) — H2SO4
  • Korean: 황산 (hwangsan) — H2SO4
  • Korean: 류산 (ryusan) — H2SO4
  • Latvian: sērskābe — H2SO4
  • Low German: swefelsüür — H2SO4
  • Macedonian: сулфурна киселина (sulfurna kiselina) — H2SO4
  • Māori: waikawa pungatara — H2SO4
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svovelsyre — H2SO4
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svovelsyre — H2SO4
  • Polish: kwas siarkowy — H2SO4
  • Portuguese: ácido sulfúrico — H2SO4
  • Romanian: acid sulfuric — H2SO4
  • Russian: се́рная кислота́ (sérnaja kislotá) — H2SO4
  • Slovak: kyselina sírová — H2SO4
  • Slovene: žveplova kislina — H2SO4
  • Spanish: ácido sulfúrico — H2SO4
  • Swedish: svavelsyra — H2SO4
  • Turkish: sülfürik asit — H2SO4
  • Vietnamese: axit sunfuric — H2SO4
  • Zhuang: liuzsonh — H2SO4