sulphur: [14] The origins of Latin sulphur are not known, although it may have links with German schwefel ‘sulphur’. It has spread throughout the Romance languages (French soufre, Italian solfo, and, with the addition of Arabic al ‘the’, Spanish azufre), and has been borrowed into Dutch as sulfer and into English (where it eventually replaced the native brimstone [12], etymologically ‘burning stone’) as sulphur.
sulphur (n.)
see sulfur. The form prefered in Britain; however, the spelling's suggestion of a Greek origin is misleading.
例文
1. Sulphur -containing compounds are often prefixed by the term "thio "
硫黄含有化合物の名前の前には通常接頭辞thioがある。
2. Sulphur is also used to sterilize equipment.
硫黄は器材の消毒にも使用できる。
3.The pungent,choking smell of sulphur filled the air.