Meanings
present singular third person sulfurates · participle present sulfurating · participle past sulfurated · past sulfurated
- chemistryTo treat or to combine something with sulfur.
Synonyms: sulfurize, sulphurise, sulfurise, sulphurize
- beveragesTo treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
Synonyms: sulfurize, sulphurise, sulfurise, sulphurize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo treat or to combine something with sulfur.
verbTo treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
verbto spray/dust with sulfur.
Origin
- Latinsulpur
- Latinsulfur
- Latinsulphur
- Anglo-Normansulfre
- Middle Englishsulphur
- Englishsulfur
- Englishsulfurate
From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sulfurar
- sulfurarchemistry
Finnish rikittää
- rikittäächemistry
German schwefeln
- schwefelnchemistry
Greek θειαφίζω, θειαφίζω
- θειαφίζω (theiafízo)wine
- θειαφίζω (theiafízo)agriculture
Italian solforare, solforare
- solforarechemistry
- solforareagriculture
Spanish sulfurar
- sulfurarchemistry
Cite this entry
sulfurate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurate
“sulfurate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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