acidity

English

Etymology

From French acidité, from Latin aciditātem, accusative singular of aciditās (“sourness, acidity”), from acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈsɪdɪti/

Noun

acidity (plural acidities)

1. The quality or state of being acid
2. The quality of sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste, as in the acidity of lemon juice.

   Empty stomachs lead to acidity and leave a sour taste in the mouth.

3. (pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.

Antonyms

• alkalinity

Translations

quality or state of being acid

• Bulgarian: киселинност (bg) (kiselinnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酸性 (cmn) (suānxìng), 酸度 (cmn) (suāndù)

• Finnish: happamuus (fi)
• French: acidité (fr) f
• German: Acidität (de)
• Icelandic: sýrustig (is) n
• Indonesian: keasaman / tingkat keasaman
• Interlingua: aciditate

• Irish: aigéadacht (ga) f
• Japanese: 酸性度 (さんせいど, sansei-do), 酸度 (さんど, san-do)
• Khmer: អាស៊ីត (km) (aazii tɑɑ)
• Oriya: ଅମ୍ଳତ୍ବ (or)
• Polish: kwasowość f
• Portuguese: acidez (pt) f
• Russian: кислотность (ru) (kislótnost') f
• Spanish: acidez (es) f
• Ukrainian: кислотність (uk) (kyslotnistʹ) f

quality of sourness to the taste

• Finnish: hapokkuus (fi), happamuus (fi)

• Irish: aigéadacht (ga) f

pathology: excessive acid quality

• Finnish: liikahappoisuus (fi)

• Irish: aigéadacht (ga) f

Anagrams

• adicity