hydrochloric acid

English

Noun

hydrochloric acid (countable and uncountable, plural hydrochloric acids)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A strong acid made by dissolving the gas, hydrogen chloride, in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.

Synonyms

• E507 when used as an acidity regulator
• muriatic acid
• spirit of salt
• spirits of salts

Translations

strong acid made by dissolving the gas, hydrogen chloride

• Afrikaans: soutsuur
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: քլորաջրածնական թթու (kʻloraǰracnakan tʻtʻu)
• Catalan: àcid clorhídric, clorur d'hidrogen, salfumant
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鹽酸／盐酸 (jim⁴ syun¹), 盐酸 (jim⁴ syun¹), 氫氯酸／氢氯酸 (hing¹ luk⁶ syun¹), 氢氯酸 (hing¹ luk⁶ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 鹽酸／盐酸 (zh) (yánsuān), 盐酸 (zh) (yánsuān), 氫氯酸／氢氯酸 (zh) (qīnglǜsuān), 氢氯酸 (zh) (qīnglǜsuān)

• Czech: kyselina chlorovodíková f
• Danish: saltsyre c
• Dutch: zoutzuur (nl)
• Esperanto: acido klorhidra
• Finnish: suolahappo (fi), vetykloridihappo
• French: acide chlorhydrique (fr), acide muriatique (fr)
• German: Salzsäure (de) f
• Gujarati: લવણામ્લ (lavṇāmla), મીઠાંનો તેજાબ (mīṭhā̃no tejāb)
• Hungarian: sósav (hu)
• Icelandic: saltsýra f
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• Irish: aigéad hidreaclórach m
• Italian: acido cloridrico (it) m
• Japanese: 塩酸 (ja) (えんさん, ensan)
• Korean: 염산 (ko) (yeomsan) (鹽酸 (ko))
• Macedonian: со́лна кисе́лина f (sólna kisélina), хлороводо́родна кисе́лина f (hlorovodórodna kisélina)
• Maori: waikawa pūhaumāota
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saltsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: saltsyre f

• Persian: هیدروکلریک اسید (hidrokolorik asid), جوهر نمک (jouhar-e namak)
• Polish: kwas solny, kwas chlorowodorowy
• Portuguese: ácido clorídrico (pt) m
• Russian: соля́ная кислота́ (ru) f (soljánaja kislotá), хлороводоро́дная кислота́ f (xlorovodoródnaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina chlórovodíková f, kyselina soľná f
• Spanish: ácido clorhídrico (es)
• Swedish: saltsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: hidroklorik asit (tr)