acidic

English

Pronunciation

US: enPR: ə sĭd ĭk

Adjective

acidic (comparative more acidic, superlative most acidic)

1. (chemistry) Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red.
2. (mineralogy) Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.
3. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid.

   an acidic solution

Synonyms

• acid

Antonyms

• basic

Translations

chemistry: having pH less than 7

• Catalan: àcid (ca) m, àcida (ca) f
• Finnish: hapan (fi)
• German: sauer (de)
• Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos) 
• Irish: aigéadach (ga)

• Russian: кислотный (ru) (kislótnyj) , кислый (ru) (kíslyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)
• Spanish: ácido (es)
• Swedish: sur (sv), syrlig (sv)

mineralogy: containing a high percentage of silica

• Catalan: àcid (ca) m, àcida (ca) f
• Finnish: hapan (fi)

• Irish: aigéadach (ga)
• Serbo-Croatian: kȉseo (sh)

of or relating to acid

• Catalan: àcid (ca) m, àcida (ca) f
• Esperanto: acida (eo)
• Finnish: hapan (fi)
• Greek: όξινος (el) (óxinos) 
• Irish: aigéadach (ga)

• Norwegian: syrlig (no)
• Russian: кислотный (ru) (kislótnyj) , кислый (ru) (kíslyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: kisèlīnskī (sh)
• Spanish: ácido (es)
• Swedish: syra- (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• French: acide
• German: sauer, säurehaltig
• Guaraní: ái (t-)
• Indonesian: asam / bersifat asam
• Interlingua: acide

• Italian: acido
• Japanese: 酸性 (さんせい, sansei)
• Portuguese: ácido m, ácida f
• Romanian: acid
• Tupinambá: aî (t-)

References

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