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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk liquid 8395 6995736 2009-07-17T16:34:10Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Stilles Mineralwasser.jpg|thumb|A liquid—water—flowing out of a bottle]] ===Etymology=== < {{etyl|enm}} {{term|liquide}} < {{etyl|fro}} {{term|liquide}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|liquidus||fluid, liquid, moist}} < {{term|liquere||to be liquid, be fluid}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈlɪkwɪd/}}, {{SAMPA|/"lIkwId/}} * {{enPR|lɪk'wɪd}} * {{audio|en-us-liquid.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|s|-}} # {{physics}} A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an [[inelastic]] [[fluid]]. #: ''A '''liquid''' can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.'' # {{phonetics}} An ''l'' or ''r'' sound. ====Usage notes==== The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiment having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extend. See [[fluid]]. ====Coordinate terms==== * [[solid]] * [[gas]] ====Related terms==== * [[liquidate]] * [[liquidation]] * [[liquidizer]] * [[liquor]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|substance that is liquid}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|سائل|m|tr=sá'il|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|հեղուկ|tr=heġuk|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|tekućina|f|alt=tekùćina}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|kapalina|f}}, {{t-|cs|tekutina|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vloeistof|f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|neste}} * French: {{t+|fr|liquide|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Flüssigkeit|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|液体|sc=Jpan}} ({{t+|ja|えきたい|sc=Jpan}}, ekitai) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|течност|f|tr=téčnost|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Mandarin: {{t|cmn|液态|tr=yètài|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|ciecz|f}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|líquido|m}} * Russian: {{t|ru|жидкость|f|tr=žídkost'|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|liquido|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|majimaji|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|''l'' or ''r'' sound}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|likvida|f|alt=lìkvida}}, {{t-|hr|tekućnik|m|alt=tèkūćnīk}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|likvida}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|плавный звук|m|tr=plávnyj zvuk|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Afrikaans}}: [[vloeistof]] * {{ttbc|Arabic}}: {{Arab|[[محلول]]}} (maħlūl) {{m}} * {{ttbc|Chinese}}: [[液體]] (yètǐ) * {{ttbc|Danish}}: [[væske]] {{c}} * {{ttbc|Estonian}}: [[vedelik]] * {{ttbc|French}}: {{t+|fr|liquide|m}} * {{ttbc|Greek}}: [[υγρό]] (igró) {{n}} (1,2) * {{ttbc|Hebrew}}: [[נוזל]] (nozél) {{m}} * {{ttbc|Hungarian}}: {{t+|hu|folyadék}}, {{t+|hu|lé}} * {{ttbc|Icelandic}}: [[vökvi ]] * {{ttbc|Indonesian}}: [[cairan]] * {{ttbc|Interlingua}}: [[liquido]] {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Italian}}: {{t+|it|liquido|m}} * {{ttbc|Korean}}: [[액체]] (aekche) * {{ttbc|Latvian}}: [[šķidrums]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Lithuanian}}: [[skystis]] {{m}} * {{ttbc|Malay}}: [[cecair]] * {{ttbc|Norwegian}}: [[væske]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Romanian}}: {{t-|ro|lichid|n}} * {{ttbc|Serbian}}: [[tečno]] {{n}} * {{ttbc|Slovak}}: {{t-|sk|tekutina|f}} * {{ttbc|Slovene}}: [[tekočina]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: {{t+|es|líquido|m}} * {{ttbc|Swedish}}: {{t+|sv|vätska}} * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[ద్రవం]] (dravam) {{checktrans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[fluid]] ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # Flowing freely like water; [[fluid]]; not [[solid]] and not [[gaseous]]; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure. #: '''''liquid''' nitrogen'' # {{finance}} Of an [[asset]], easily sold or disposed of. # {{finance}} Of a [[market]], having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy. #* '''2005''', xpresstrade.com [http://www.xpresstrade.com/24hour_liquidity.html] #*: The spot foreign exchange market is the world’s largest and most '''liquid''' financial market. With a daily trading volume of over $1.5 trillion, the spot forex market can absorb trading sizes that dwarf the capacity of any other market. ====Antonyms==== * [[illiquid]] ====Related terms==== * [[liquefiable]] * [[liquefy]] * [[liquidity]] * [[liquify]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fluid; not solid and not gaseous}} * Armenian: [[հեղուկ]] (heġuk) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|tekući|alt=tèkūćī}}, {{t|hr|židak|alt=žȉdak}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|tekutý|m}}, {{t-|cs|kapalný|m}} * Dutch: [[vloeibaar]], [[vloeibare]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|nestemäinen}}, {{t+|fi|neste|alt=neste-}} ''(in compounds)'' * French: {{t+|fr|liquide|m|f}} * German: {{t+|de|flüssig}} * Hebrew: {{t-|he|נוזלי|m|tr=nozlí|sc=Hebr}}, {{t-|he|נוזלית|f|tr=nozlít|sc=Hebr}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|folyékony}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[liquide]] * Latvian: [[šķidrs]] {{m}}, [[šķidra]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: [[skystas]] {{m}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|flytende}} * Polish: {{t|pl|ciekły|m}}, {{t|pl|płynny|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|líquido}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|lichid|m}}, {{t-|ro|lichidă|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|жидкий|tr=žídkij|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovak: [[tekutý]] {{m}}, [[tekutá]] {{f}}, [[tekuté]] {{n}} * Slovene: [[tekoče]] {{n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|líquido}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|majimaji|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|flytande}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|of an asset, easily sold or disposed of}} * Armenian: [[լիկվիդային]] (likvidayin) * Croatian: {{t-|hr|likvidan|alt=lȉkvīdan}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|likvidní}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|likvidi}} * French: {{t+|fr|liquide|m|f}} * German: {{t+|de|disponibel}} * Latvian: [[likvīds]] {{m}}, [[likvīda]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: : [[likvidus]] {{m}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|likvid}} * Polish: {{t|pl|płynny|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|líquido}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|ликвидный|tr=likvídnyj|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovak: [[likvidné]] {{n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|líquido}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|majimaji|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|of a market, having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy}} * Croatian: {{t-|hr|likvidan|alt=lȉkvīdan}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|likvidi}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: {{t|pl|płynny|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|líquido}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|majimaji|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Lithuanian}}: [[skysta]] {{f}}, [[likvidi]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Slovak}}: [[likvidný]] {{m}}, [[likvidná]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Slovene}}: [[tekoč]] {{m}}, [[tekoča]] {{f}} * {{ttbc|Telugu}}: [[ద్రవ]] (drava) {{trans-bottom}} ===External links=== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Liquids]] [[ar:liquid]] [[de:liquid]] [[el:liquid]] [[es:liquid]] [[fa:liquid]] [[fr:liquid]] [[ko:liquid]] [[hy:liquid]] [[io:liquid]] [[id:liquid]] [[it:liquid]] [[kk:liquid]] [[sw:liquid]] [[ku:liquid]] [[lo:liquid]] [[lt:liquid]] [[hu:liquid]] [[ja:liquid]] [[pl:liquid]] [[pt:liquid]] [[ru:liquid]] [[simple:liquid]] [[fi:liquid]] [[sv:liquid]] [[ta:liquid]] [[te:liquid]] [[tr:liquid]] [[uk:liquid]] [[vi:liquid]] [[zh:liquid]]