acid

See also ACID, and àcid

English [edit]

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Acid

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Etymology [edit]

From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), from aceō (“I am sour”).

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: /ˈæs.ɪd/, X-SAMPA: /"{s.Id/

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Hyphenation: a‧cid

Adjective [edit]

acid (comparative more acid, superlative most acid)

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

acid fruits or liquors
(figuratively) Sour-tempered.
- A. Trollope
  
  He was stern and his face as acid as ever.
Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.
(music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Quotations [edit]

For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Synonyms [edit]

acidic

Antonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]

sour, sharp, or biting to the taste

Afrikaans: suur (af)
Arabic: حامض (ar) (Haamid)
Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Asturian: ácidu (ast)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kisel)
Catalan: àcid (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (cmn) (suān)
Czech: kyselý (cs)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapu (et), kibe (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi), hapokas (fi)
French: aigre (fr), acide (fr)
Galician: ácido (gl)
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) (oxýs) m, ξινός (el) (xinós) m
Icelandic: súr (is); beiskur (is)
Italian: acido (it)
Japanese: すっぱい (ja) (suppai), 酸っぱい (ja) (suppai)
Korean: 시다 (ko) (sida)
Kyrgyz: кычкыл (ky) (kıçkıl), кычкылдык (ky) (kıçkıldık), кычкыл нерсе (ky) (kıçkıl nerse), кислота (ky) (kislota), жегич (ky) (cegiç), ачыштыргыч (ky) (açıştırgıç), курч (ky) (kurç), күйгүзүүчү (ky) (küygüzüüçü), шылдың (ky) (şıldıñ), какшык (ky) (kakşık), кекээр (ky) (kekeer), кыжырлантуучу (ky) (kıcırlantuuçu), сайгылаган (ky) (saygılagan), ачуу (ky) (açuu), уулуу (ky) (uuluu), заардуу (ky) (zaarduu)

Latin: acidus (la)
Latvian: skābs (lv) m, skāba (lv) f
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f
Macedonian: кисел (mk) (kísel)
Malayalam: അമ്ലം (ml) (amLam)
Norwegian: sur (no)
Old Church Slavonic: кꙑсѣлъ (kysělŭ)
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt), azedo (pt)
Russian: кислый (ru) (kíslyj) (comparable), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: кисео (sh)

Roman: kiseo (sh)
Slovak: kyslý (sk)
Slovene: kisel (sl)
Spanish: agrio (es), ácido (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) (grod)
Welsh: sur (cy), siarp (cy)

sour-tempered

Afrikaans: suur (af)
Arabic: لاذع (ar) (laadhi`)
Armenian: խայթող (hy) (xayt’oġ)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kísel)
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapendatud (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) (oxýs) m, καυστικός (el) (kafstikós) m, δριμύς (el) (drimýs) m

Icelandic: meinhæðinn (is) m, meinhæðin (is) f; meinhæðið (is) n
Italian: acido (it)
Latvian: skābs (lv) m, skāba (lv) f
Macedonian: кисел (mk) (kísel)
Norwegian: sur (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Russian: язвительный (ru) (jazvítel'nyj), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
Spanish: malhumorado (es)
Swedish: sur (sv)
Thai: กรด (th) (grod)

of or pertaining to an acid

Armenian: թթվային (hy) (t’t’vayin)
Bulgarian: киселинен (bg) (kiselínen)
Catalan: àcid (ca)
Danish: -syre (da), syre- (da)
Estonian: happeline (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr)
Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos) m
Italian: acido (it)
Japanese: 酸性 (ja) (sansei)

Korean: 산성의 (ko) (酸性-, sanseongui)
Macedonian: киселински (mk) (kiselínski)
Norwegian: syre- (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl)
Portuguese: ácido (pt)
Russian: кислотный (ru) (kislótnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: kisèlīnskī (sh)
Spanish: ácido (es)
Swedish: syra- (sv)
Welsh: asidig (cy)

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Breton: trenk, sur
Esperanto: acido
Ido: acida
Indonesian: asam (1,2)
Interlingua: acide (1,2)
Lithuanian: rūgštis f
Rohingya: ésíd
Telugu: ఆమ్లము

Noun [edit]

acid (plural acids)

A sour substance.
(chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-
1. Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.
2. Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid
3. Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid
(slang) lysergic acid diethylamide

Antonyms [edit]

alkali
base

Hyponyms [edit]

See also Wikisaurus:acid

Translations [edit]

a sour substance

Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Bulgarian: киселина (bg) (kiselina)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (cmn) (suān)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f
Danish: syre (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl) n
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi) aine (fi)
French: acide (fr) m
German: Säure (de) f
Greek: οξύ (el) (oxý) n
Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Italian: acido (it) m

Japanese: 酸 (ja) (さん, san)
Korean: 산 (ko) (san) (酸 (ko))
Latvian: skābe (lv) f
Macedonian: киселина (mk) (kisélina) f
Polish: kwas (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Russian: кислота (ru) (kislotá) f, кислятина (ru) (kisljátina) f (colloquial, disparaging)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: киселина (sh) f

Roman: kiselina (sh) f
Slovene: kisla snov (sl) (sour substance)
Spanish: ácido (es) m
Swedish: syra (sv)
Welsh: suryn (cy) m

in chemistry

Arabic: حامض (ar) (HaamiD) m
Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Asturian: ácidu (ast) m
Bulgarian: киселина (bg) (kiselina)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (cmn) (suān), 酸性 (cmn) (suānxìng)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f
Danish: syre (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl) n
Esperanto: acido (eo)
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m
Galician: ácido (gl) m
German: Säure (de) f
Greek: οξύ (el) (oxý) n
Hindi: तेज़ाब (hi) (tezāb) m, अम्ल (hi) (amla)
Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Ido: acido (io)
Italian: acido (it) m
Japanese: 酸 (ja) (さん, san)
Khmer: អាស៊ីទ (km) (aasiit), ទឹកអាស៊ីត (km) (tɨk aazii tɑɑ)

Korean: 산 (ko) (san) (酸 (ko))
Latvian: skābe (lv) f
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f
Macedonian: киселина (mk) (kisélina) f
Malay: asid (ms)
Oriya: ଅମ୍ଳ (or)
Persian: اسيد (fa)
Polish: kwas (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Romanian: acid (ro) m
Russian: кислота (ru) (kislotá) f
Scottish Gaelic: searbhag (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: киселина (sh) f

Roman: kiselina (sh) f
Slovene: kislina (sl) f
Spanish: ácido (es) m
Swedish: syra (sv)
Telugu: ఆమ్లము (te)
Ukrainian: кислота (uk) (kyslotá) f
Urdu: تیزاب (ur) (tezāb) m
Volapük: züd (vo)
Welsh: asid (cy) m

LSD

Bulgarian: ЛСД (bg) (LSD)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m
Danish: syre (da)
Esperanto: acido (eo)
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m and f
German: Lysergsäure-diethylamid (de)
Greek: ΛΣΔ-25 (el) (LSD-25) n

Icelandic: sýra (is) f
Italian: acido (it) m, acido lisergico (it) m
Polish: kwas (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m
Romanian: acidul lisergic dietilamida-25 (ro) m
Russian: тартрат диэтиламида лизергиновой кислоты (ru) (tartrat dietilamida lizerginovoj kisloty) m, ЛСД (ru) (LSD) m, кислота (ru) (kislotá) f
Slovene: LSD (sl) m
Swedish: acid (sv), syra (sv)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: حمض (ar) (HaamD) m
Albanian: acidi (sq)
Breton: trenkenn f, trenkennoù
Ido: acido
Indonesian: asam
Interlingua: acido
Lithuanian: rūgštus m

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from “acid”

types of acid

References [edit]

acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams [edit]

cadi
caid

Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”).

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA: [aˈtʃid], X-SAMPA: [a"tSid]

Adjective [edit]

acid ^{4 nom/acc forms}

acid, acidic

Declension [edit]

declension of acid

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	acid		acidă	acizi	acide
nominative/ accusative	definite	acidul		acida	acizii	acidele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	acid		acide	acizi	acide
genitive/ dative	definite	acidului		acidei	acizilor	acidelor

Noun [edit]

acid m (plural acizi)

acid

Declension [edit]

declension of acid

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un acid	acidul	niște acizi	acizii
genitive/dative	unui acid	acidului	unor acizi	acizilor

Derived terms [edit]

acidul dezoxiribonucleic

acid

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