sulfito

Ido

Etymology

Equivalent to sulfo (“sulfur”) +‎ -ito (“ite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sulˈfito/
Hyphenation: sul‧fi‧to

Noun

sulfito (plural sulfiti)

(inorganic chemistry) sulfite, sulphite

Italian

Noun

sulfito m (plural sulfiti)

(inorganic chemistry) sulfite / sulphite

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈfi.tu/ [suʊ̯ˈfi.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /suwˈfi.to/ [suʊ̯ˈfi.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sulˈfi.tu/ [suɫˈfi.tu]

Hyphenation: sul‧fi‧to

Noun

sulfito m (plural sulfitos)

(inorganic chemistry) sulfite

Further reading

“sulfito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“sulfito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Noun

sulfito m (plural sulfitos)

(inorganic chemistry) sulfite

Further reading

“sulfito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025