How to say "sulfur" in Japanese

• 硫黄いおうCommon
  nounThe common word for the chemical element sulfur (S) and the substance itself. Use it whenever you name the element or refer to the material, in chemistry or general usage.
  硫黄いおうはマッチを作つくるのに使つかわれる。↗

  Sulfur is used to make matches.
• サルファ
  nounA katakana borrowing of the English word 'sulfur'. It is less common, and for the element or the substance 硫黄 is the usual choice; this loanword is seldom the word you want.

Use 硫黄 when referring to the element sulfur (S) or the substance itself; 「サルファ」 is just the borrowed English word and is less common, so 硫黄 is usually the word you want.

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• 硫黄いおうsulfur (S)
• サルファsulfur
• Ｓエスsulfur