Meanings
nounhydrogen sulfide (uncountable)
alternative hydrogen sulphide
- uncountablechemistryA toxic gas, H₂S, smelling like rotten eggs and used in analytical chemistry and industry.
Synonyms: rotten egg gas, swamp gas
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toxic gas, H₂S, smelling like rotten eggs and used in analytical chemistry and industry.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 硫化氢
- 硫化氢 (liúhuàqīng)H2S
Czech sirovodík
- sirovodíkH2S
Dutch waterstofsulfide
- waterstofsulfideH2S
Finnish rikkivety, divetysulfidi
- rikkivetyH2S
- divetysulfidiH2S
French sulfure d'hydrogène, hydrogène sulfuré
- sulfure d'hydrogèneH2S
- hydrogène sulfuréH2S
German Schwefelwasserstoff
- SchwefelwasserstoffH2S
Hungarian kén-hidrogén, hidrogén-szulfid
- kén-hidrogénH2S
- hidrogén-szulfidH2S
Japanese 硫化水素
- 硫化水素 (ryūka suiso)H2S
Korean 황화수소, 유화수소
- 황화수소 (hwanghwasuso)H2S
- 유화수소 (yuhwasuso)H2S
Latvian sērūdeņradis
- sērūdeņradisH2S
Polish siarkowodór
- siarkowodórH2S
Portuguese sulfeto de hidrogênio
- sulfeto de hidrogênioH2S
Romanian sulfură de hidrogen, hidrogen sulfurat
- sulfură de hidrogenH2S
- hidrogen sulfuratH2S
Russian сероводоро́д, сульфи́д водоро́да
- сероводоро́д (serovodoród)H2S
- сульфи́д водоро́да (sulʹfíd vodoróda)H2S
Spanish sulfuro de hidrógeno
- sulfuro de hidrógenoH2S
Swedish svavelväte
- svavelväteH2S
Turkish hidrojen sülfür
- hidrojen sülfürH2S
Cite this entry
APA
hydrogen sulfide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20sulfide
MLA
“hydrogen sulfide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20sulfide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrogen sulfide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrogen%20sulfide.
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