sulfa

Other forms of sulfa

plural

sulfas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sulfa

What does sulfa mean?

sulfa means "antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA".

How many syllables are in sulfa?

sulfa has 2 syllables: sul-fa. The stress falls on "sul". In IPA it is /ˈsʌlfə/.

What is another word for sulfa?

Close synonyms include sulfa drug, sulpha, sulfonamide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sulfa a common word?

sulfa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.