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See also ACID, and àcid

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Acid

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈæs.ɪd/, SAMPA: /"{s.Id/

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Hyphenation: a‧cid

[edit] Adjective

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.
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.

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acidic

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sour, sharp, or biting to the taste

Afrikaans: suur (af)
Arabic: حامض (ar) (Haamid)
Armenian: թթու (hy) (t't'u)
Bulgarian: кисел (bg) (kisel)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m., àcida (ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (cmn) (suān)
Croatian: kȉseo (hr)
Czech: kyselý (cs) m., kyselá (cs) f., kyselé (cs) n.
Danish: sur (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl)
Estonian: hapu (et), kibe (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi), hapokas (fi)
French: aigre (fr), acide (fr) m. and f.
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) (oxýs) m., ξινός (el) (xinós) m.
Icelandic: súr (is) m. and f., súrt (is) n.; beiskur (is) m., beisk (is) f., beiskt (is) n.
Italian: acido (it) m.

Japanese: すっぱい (ja) (suppái), 酸っぱい (ja) (suppái)
Korean: 시다 (ko) (sida)
Latin: acidus (la)
Latvian: skābs (lv) m., skāba (lv) f.
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f.
Malayalam: അമ്ലം (ml) (amLam),
Norwegian: sur (no)
Old Church Slavonic: кꙑсѣлъ (kysělŭ)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.; azedo (pt) m., azeda (pt) f.
Russian: кислый (ru) (kíslyj) (comparable), едкий (ru) (jédkij)
Serbian: kiseo (sr)
Slovak: kyslý (sk)
Slovene: kisel (sl) m., kisla (sl) f., kislo (sl) n.
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
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr) m. and f.
German: sauer (de)
Greek: οξύς (el) (oxýs) m., καυστικός (el) m., δριμύς (el) m.

Icelandic: meinhæðinn (is) m., meinhæðin (is) f.; meinhæðið (is) n.
Italian: acido (it) m.
Latvian: skābs (lv) m., skāba (lv) f.
Norwegian: sur (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.
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) m., àcida (ca) f.
Croatian: kisèlīnskī (hr)
Danish: -syre (da), syre- (da)
Estonian: happeline (et)
Finnish: hapan (fi)
French: acide (fr) m. and f.
Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos) m.
Italian: acido (it)

Japanese: 酸性 (ja) (sansei)
Korean: 산성의 (ko) (酸性-, sanseongui)
Norwegian: syre- (no)
Polish: kwaśny (pl) m., kwaśna (pl) f., kwaśne (pl) n.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m., ácida (pt) f.
Russian: кислотный (ru) (kislótnyj)
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

[edit] Noun

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

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alkali
base

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See also Wikisaurus:acid

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a sour substance

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

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) (suān)
Croatian: kiselìna (hr)
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) 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.
Polish: kwas (pl) m.
Portuguese: ácido (pt) m.
Russian: кислота (ru) (kislotá) f., кислятина (ru) (kisljátina) f. (colloquial, disparaging)
Serbian: kiselina (sr) 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)
Bulgarian: киселина (bg)
Catalan: àcid (ca) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 酸 (zh) (suān), 酸性 (zh) (suānxìng)
Croatian: kiselìna (hr)
Czech: kyselina (cs) f.
Danish: syre (da)
Dutch: zuur (nl) n.
Esperanto: acido (eo)
Estonian: hape (et)
Finnish: happo (fi)
French: acide (fr) m.
German: Säure (de) f.
Greek: οξύ (el) n.
Hindi: तेज़ाब (hi) (tezāb) m., एसिड (hi) (esiḍ)
Icelandic: sýra (is) f.
Italian: acido (it) m.
Japanese: 酸 (ja) (さん, san)

Korean: 산 (ko) (san) (酸 (ko))
Latvian: skābe (lv) f.
Lithuanian: rūgštis (lt) f.
Malay: acid (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.
Serbian: kiselina (sr) f.
Slovene: kislina (sl) f.
Spanish: ácido (es) m.
Swedish: syra (sv)
Ukrainian: кислота (uk) (kyslotá) f.
Urdu: تیزاب (ur) (tezāb) m.
Volapük: züd (vo)
Welsh: asid (cy) m.

LSD

Bulgarian: ЛСД (bg)
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) m., ЛСД (ru) 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.
Malay: asid
Telugu: ఆమ్లము

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terms derived from “acid”

types of acid

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[edit] References

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

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cadi
caid

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[edit] Etymology

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

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IPA: [aˈtʃid], SAMPA: [a"tSid]

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acid ^{4 nom/acc forms}

acid, acidic

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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

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acid m. (plural acizi)

acid

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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

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acidul dezoxiribonucleic

acid

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