corrosive

English

Warning symbol for corrosive substances.

Etymology

From Old French corrosif.

Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Care is no cure, but corrosive.

3. destroying or undermining something gradually.

Related terms

• corrode
• corrosively
• corrosiveness
• corrosivity

 

Translations

destroying texture or substance of a body

• Bulgarian: разяждащ (bg) (razjaždašt), корозионен (korozionen)
• Catalan: corrosiu
• Czech: žíravý m
• Dutch: corrosief (nl)
• Greek: διαβρωτικός (el) m (diavrotikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etsende

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• Scottish Gaelic: loisgeach
• Spanish: corrosivo (es) m
• Turkish: aşındırıcı
• Welsh: ysol (cy)

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

Translations

substance harming living tissue or damaging material

• Czech: žíravina (cs) f
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• Turkish: aşındırıcı

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁo.ziv/

Adjective

corrosive

1. feminine singular of corrosif

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Italian

Adjective

corrosive

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective corrosivo.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kor.roːˈsiː.u̯e/, [kɔrːoːˈs̠iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kor.roˈsi.ve/, [korːoˈs̬iːve]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) corrōsīve

1. vocative masculine singular of corrōsīvus