syre

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See also: Syre, sýre, and -syre

English

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Noun

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syre (plural syres)

  1. Obsolete form of sire.

Verb

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syre (third-person singular simple present syres, present participle syring, simple past and past participle syred)

  1. Obsolete form of sire.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sýra. See also sur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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syre c (singular definite syren, plural indefinite syrer)

  1. (chemistry) acid (generally understood to be a Brønsted-Lowry acid)
    Saltsyre er en stærk syre
    Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid
  2. (of food) The state of being sour.
    Denne suppe mangler lidt syre
    This soup needs a little sourness

Declension

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of acid): base
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Latin

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Adjective

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syre

  1. vocative masculine singular of syrus

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɨrɛ/, [ˈsɨrə]

Adjective

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syre

  1. inflection of syry:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Middle English

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Noun

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syre

  1. Alternative form of sire

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Old Norse sýra, from Proto-Germanic *sūrą.

Noun

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syre f or m (definite singular syra or syren, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

  1. (an) acid

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse sýra. The verb is derived from the noun. The term for LSD is a Calque of English acid.

Noun

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syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

  1. (chemistry) an acid
  2. sour whey
  3. (slang) LSD
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Verb

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syre (present tense syrar/syrer, past tense syra/syrte, past participle syra/syrt, passive infinitive syrast, present participle syrande, imperative syre/syr)

  1. (transitive) to make more sour or acidic
  2. (intransitive) to rot and smell
  3. (transitive) to corrode with acid
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse súra. The vowel might be Akin to Icelandic súra.

Noun

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syre f (definite singular syra, indefinite plural syrer, definite plural syrene)

  1. (botany) rumex, sorrel
    Synonyms: engsyre, matsyre, surblad
  2. wood sorrel
    Synonyms: gauksyre, surkløver
  3. (botany) plant of another genus, but which also has acidic leaves
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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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syre

  1. locative singular of syr

Swedish

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Chemical element
O
Previous: kväve (N)
Next: fluor (F)

Etymology

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From sur (sour) and syrlig (acidic). Coined by Swedish scientists Pehr von Afzelius and Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1795, based on the early belief that oxygen was a main ingredient in all acids. Analogue with kväve (nitrogen) and väte (hydrogen). Cognate with Latin oxygenium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsyːˌrɛ/
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Noun

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syre n (uncountable)

  1. oxygen
    Synonym: oxygen (rare)

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Declension of syre 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative syre syret
Genitive syres syrets

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