corrode

See also: corrodé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French corroder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin corrodere (“to gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊd/
• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊd/, [kəˈɹoʊ̯d], [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d]
• Rhymes: -əʊd

Verb

1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

   My morale is being corroded day by day.

3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Synonyms

• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

Translations

to eat away

• Asturian: corroyer
• Bulgarian: разяждам (bg) (razjaždam)
• Catalan: corroir (ca)
• Dutch: uithollen (nl), roesten (nl), corroderen (nl), uitbijten (nl), inbijten (nl), aanvreten (nl)
• Finnish: syövyttää (fi) (by acid/alkali), ruostuttaa (rust), kulua (fi) (wear)
• French: éroder (fr), rouiller (fr)
• Galician: corroer
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• German: zerfressen (de)
• Icelandic: æta
• Italian: corrodere (it)
• Maori: pūnguru
• Portuguese: corroer (pt)
• Russian: разъеда́ть (ru) impf (razʺjedátʹ), разъе́сть (ru) pf (razʺjéstʹ)
• Spanish: corroer (es)

to consume

• Catalan: corroir (ca)
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• Dutch: corroderen (nl)

to have corrosive action

• Bulgarian: кородирам (korodiram)
• Catalan: corroir (ca)
• Dutch: corroderen (nl)
• Finnish: syöpyä (fi), ruostua (fi) (rust)
• French: corroder (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: korrodieren, rosten (de)
• Portuguese: corroer (pt)
• Russian: корроди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (korrodírovatʹ), ржаве́ть (ru) impf (ržavétʹ), заржаве́ть (ru) pf (zaržavétʹ)
• Spanish: corroer (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} corroer (es), ^{(please verify)} corroerse (es)
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Anagrams

• Cordero

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French

Verb

corrode

1. first-person singular present indicative of corroder
2. third-person singular present indicative of corroder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
5. second-person singular imperative of corroder

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Italian

Verb

corrode

1. third-person singular present indicative of corrodere

Anagrams

• corredo, corredò
• decorro

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) corrōde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of corrōdō